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COMMEMORATIVE
BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF THE
COUNTY OF YORK
ONTARIO
CONTAINING
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS
AND MANY OF THE EARLY SETTLED FAMILIES
ILLUSTRATED
TORONTO:
1 H. BEERS & CO.
1907
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HISTORY
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PREF ACE
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I'AGE.
-\bh
. Robert ........... ....323
-\L .II.
Irs. Christina ...... .197
Abl'lI,
Ir
. Emily ......... .157
.Abell, John ................ .196
Abell, Robert W. ............ .157
Adair.
Irs. )Iargaret ...... .205
Adair, Thomas ............. .205
Adams, E. Herbert, )!.D.C.11., .509
Adams, Rev. Ezra .......... .507
Adams, J. Franklin, L.D.S., D.
D.S..... .................610
Adams, Dr. John G. ........ .515
Adams, )Irs. Lizzie .........245
Adams, \Villiam ............ .24-1
Aikins, Hon. J. C. ...........353
Aikins, "illiam H. B., M.D.
C.,!' . . . . ... ............ .352
Ale....ander, )Irs. Annie B. ....376
Alexander, James ........ . .476
Alexander, \Irs. Jessie.. .... .476
.-\lexander, John ............ .451
Ale....ander. Rev. John. . . . . . . . .375
AlIan. )Irs. Adelaide H. ..... .175
Allan, Hon. George W. ..... .175
.'\llan, Sir Hugh ............ 28
Allen, Charles H. ............536
Allen. )Irs. Elizabeth .. ... . .536
Allen, )Irs. Hanna F. ., .606
Allin. George ......... __ . . . .451
Allison. John .............. .612
Allison. )Irs. Lizzi{' ......... .612
Amherg.
Irs. Henrietta F. '" .529
Amh{'rg. Re\'. John, M.A. .., .528
.'\nderson,
Irs. Jane ........ .307
Anderson, John ............ .580
-\n(ler"on, Mrs. 11argaret ... .580
Ander
on, Thomas \Y. .. .307
Andrews, Albert ...... . . . .227
-\ndre\\ s.
Ir". Marv
-\. .....227
Andr""
, \,aiter A
.........314
Ang-u". Willi.lm)!. . . . . . . . ., 37
.-\rdagh Family . . . ..........336
Anlagh. )Irs. Frances .......336
Armitage, Seth ............ .452
Armour, Andrew. . ........ .51'9
Armour. )Ir q . )Iaria ........ .589
Armstrong, Mrs. .Amanda.... .595
Armstrong. Mrs. Elizabeth .. .445
Armstron,!!. Thomas ..........445
Arm4rong. William ........ .595
Arnold. Alfr{'d. . . ..........477
Arnold. 'Irs. 1lar"f" ..........477
Arthurs, )Irs. Amiie J. ....... 70
Arthurs. George A. .......... 69
Aqhbridge, :Mrs. Elizabeth ... .1'
.
Ashbridge. Jesse . .......... .11'6
A
hb::v, Dr. Thomas iI. .668
Atkinson, .Joshua . ... .460
Atkinson. "'\Irs. Mary ....... .460
Atl"in"on. Simeon . .455
Auqtin Family............ .70
Au"tin. .Tame" A. ........... .6!:7
Au
tin. )Irs. Susan .. .62S
Barlgerow. John ....... . . .459
Badgerow. ?lfrs.
arfth . .... .460
Bailey. 'Ir
. Evelyn .T. ... .571
Bailey, Fr.J. . J.' ,,( í .
11S" D EX.
INDEX
I'AGE.
Bailey, George ..............277
Bain,
Irs. :!IIar
ret M. .... . .239
Bain. Thomas R. ...........239
Baker, John ............... .373
Baker, )Irs. Margaret....... .3ï3
Bakewell, Frederick ........ .488
Bald" in, )Irs. Catherine A. B. . 46
Bald" in, )Irs. Elizabeth 9
Bald" in Family ............. 2-1
Baldwin, 'Irs. Frances ..... .206
Bald"in, TIemy st. G. ........ 2-1
Bald" in, James B., M.D. .... 9
Bald" in, )Irs. Margaret F. .. 60
Bald" in, )Iorgan ...........205
Bal(l" in. Robert R., B.A. .... 14
Bald"in, )Irs. S.11. ......... .363
Bald"in, Dr. Warren, B.A. 0.45
Bald" in, \Yilliam A. ........ 59
Bald" in. Dr. William A. .... 51
Bald"in. William W. ....... .363
Bales. Joseph ............. .566
Balfour. l\lrs. Josephine B. ... 2ï
Balfour, Hon. William D., 1\1.
P.P...... .,. .......... . 26
Ball.
Irs. Annie l\1. .569
Ball. Samuel K. ........... .568
Barbnr. Charles ............ .317
Barher. :\Ir". Lucinda .......317
Barber. )Ioses ............. .167
Barker, 'Irs. Annie L. . .....444
Barker. Robert VV. ..........444
Barnhart. Noah ............326
Barrett, George ............ .418
Barrett, Mrs. Jennie .,.. .418
Barrett. R. G. ............ .174
Barrick, Eli J., 11.D. . . . . . . .178
Barton. )Irs. Sarah ........ .243
Barton. \Yilliam J. ......... .243
Ba"terlo Familv ............. 37
Bater. )Irs. George ......... . .4R3
Bate
Families ......... .40. 312
Bates. Ira ................. .312
Bate'!. Rev. S. Soo B.A.. D.D. .. 40
Bayly. Benjamin. B._-\. .. .610
Ba"f"nes Reed. Rev. "-. L. ,.495
Beått"f", Adam (1810) .... ..144
B{'atty. Adam (1836) .......396
Beattv. .James H. .. .38ã
Beatt
.. ::'Ilarv A. ...........144
Beatt
.. l\frq. 'Sarah C. .... ... .3R.5
Beattv, William .............31'2
Reddòw, )Irs. Caroline ...... .560
Berldow. Thomas ...... . .. .560
Bee, Mrs. Jane ............ .132
BE'e. Rev. William ......... .132
Belden. George F., D.D.S. ....349
,Bell. )Irs. Agnes ........... .491
ñ.'ll. D01\gald . . . ... ., . . .491
Bell ,,'
lî)Q ............... 0';:
. ,.eore"
BpI! T ... '
. . .. .. .. . .. ... 2
. . ames h 9'>
Rennptt. 'f
'! ar R.ra ....... -
Bl'nnett. Jlrs' arohne C. .., .13
Bennett G . _ . . . . . .134
Bennett' r . eorg . _ . .491
D ' . ames [ 667
"('ntle" 'I ...... . . . .. .,
nl'rkin
h N. Jfar. T. .614
"rr lprhin It aw. Edwir C. . 370
\ . '" aw. Joh,., "r ( .,
rkm")II1\\'. Rob. I
Xl
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Bernard, John J. .......... .21-
Bernard, :Mrs. Matilda .......21
Bertram, Mr". Helen ........ 13
Bertram, John .............13
Beynon, George W. ......... .15
Beynon, )Irs. Edith . . .15
Bickell, 1lrs. Ann E., ..... .25
Bickell. Thomas ............ 2E
Black, 11r8. Thirza .......... 2(
Black, William (1862) ...... .2\
Black, William (1835) ......6:
Black. Zena" .. . .. .. .. .. .. .2:
Blackstock, Mrs. :Mary ....... )
mal'k
tuck. RE'\". "ïlliam S..
D.D..... ........
Blair. \Irs. 'Iartha .........1
mail". Hi". \Yilliam, B.A.
Blight. Waiter tl. .........
Blong, Ed"ard ......,.
Blong. Mrs. Margaret ....
B!Jong. Rohert ...........
Bogart, ::\Iartin J. ........
Bogart. Peter .... .... 0 .. .
Bogart, )Irs. RO"'l(ey ....,..
Bolton, ('harles R. .......-
Bolton. James C., Esq. .. iã3
Bond. J01m P. .........671
Bonrl. Robert ..........
.l5
Bonnell. William ..........
Boomer, :\lr8. Ann .........
Hoon1
r. .Tnlllf?:o-.
Bo"'toJl. Joseph .
Bost.,ick Family .......
Bo"twich. Xelson .......
Bothwell, John A., D.D.S
Bot,forrl. Timoth\". . ..
DoultbeE', )Ir". 'Iarian
BoultheE'. William. C.T'
Boulton. Henry J. .....
Bouqtead. Mr". Isabella ,T.
Bou"tead. James B.
Boxall, George ....
Bo'mIl, 'frs. Mary A. .
Bovrl. AIC"'l(ander J. ..
Boyd, Geoffrey, B.A., :v.B.
:Bovd. John ....
Boyd, John A.
J10"f"rl. ::'Ilr;;. \Iar'
Bo
d; W
B(
d. W
BovlE'.
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[;k" Y'Y'
BrRc\. "M. o,fJella
Bre
henridge" ev. Ja111l s
Brio ' nd. .Ta J' , W. .1......
Bri,'O'land 10 rs. Marth", Å.
Drip'" ,)f
s !.Iary J. .......
TIri :-R' uel R. ..
Wiil'
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"_J.
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lary J.
am
Brodie. )Ir". Ad{'lilH' ,T. H
Brorl Famil"f". . . . . . . . . . .
Bre>.-i . John L. _.J
Bre Ie, Wilm. . .4'
BI "mil. T: 0'''''" . .
IN)'K,,".
I'AGE.
Brough, Mrs. Mary C. . .522
['\"ough, Theodore G. ........ .522
Dro\\n, Alexander ........ ., 62
honn, Alfred J. ......... .547
ro\\n, Mrs. Alice..... ..... .401
ro\\ n, Austin . .............277
Brl}\\n, ';\lrs. Ann P. ........ 45
Drown, Asa A., V.S. ...... .549
13l"on n, Charles . . . . . . .659
Uro"n, Edward . . .485
1'\"O\\n, Mrs. Eliza. .... .... .277
Hn.tn. :1[r
. Elizabeth ...... G2
ì;rown Families ....... .39, 246
IIm\\ n, George ..............660
IJro\\n, Henry T. '" .401
3ro\\n, :1lrs. Jennie ........ .1116
Jro\\ n, Joseph .............. 44:!
Bm" n, 'Irs. Louise . . . . . Ii.,!!
Jro" n, :1Irs. Mary A. . . .547
Jrown, X. Allen ..... . .246
!ro"n, Richard ... ...... 39
:ro" n. Robert S. ........... 49
Iro" n. Thomas . . .......... 44
:1"OUII, CII,t. Thomas " .151;
Jro\\n, William............ .506
lrumell, Mrs. Emily ....... .106
rumell, Henry P. ......... .106
unskill Familv .......... .134
nskill, Mrs. ÎIannah ......309
lskill, R{:
..t ......... ..309
kill, Thomas, M.D. .... .134
It Press. Limited, The.. .661
., Mrs. Louisa. ......... .157
. Thomas ............. .156
.on, George L. ...........262
on, Mrs. Mary ........ .262
William .....,.......331
. Emerson ...........362
'ob ................ .288
.John R. ............. .256
Joseph R. ............ .545
Thomas H., B.A. . . . . . .412
mn, Robert . ..........645
.w .\Irs. Sarah :i\I. ......645
,liT Christopher W. .... .267
nt , 'Irs.
Iary E. ..... .270
Irs.
Iargaret ..... .631
1T
, lIIrJ!. Maria........ .629
I
t' '. :-;o[omon L. . " ... .628
ess. William ...........631
Itolder, Jacob S. ...... .425
Rpv. Alexander, M.A.,
LL.D. ...... ...... .649
\Irs. Edith ...........512
, L!lmes .,........... ..612
\ J;mes H., :M.D. .... ..511
s. :i\h,. Martha ........ .428
<. )Ir" RRrah A. ........6;;0
s. )Ir<.
arah C. .......612
. "ïlm. R.. . . . . . . . . .428
tt Fami. " .........378
tt. Hornti, 1., M.D. C.M. .37
n, Mrs. "I. 1y A. ., .., .523
n. Warren ., .. .. .... . .525
Il. William .......... .481
.,.f} mas E. \! DDS 648
.Il, B
nry ...::.......:.:: 124
01, Je
"e F. .. .. 87
I'AGE.
Cnmpbell, Mrs. E. P. ........400
Campbell, Dr. Frank A. ..... .505
Campbell, James ........... .322
Campbell, 'frs. lIIary F. ..... .264
Campbell, William .... . . . .400
Camplin, Dr. William. . . . . .638
Cane, Henry S. ............. 101
Cane, William . . . .......... 101
Cannon, :\frs. Annie ........ ..')81
Cannon, Thomas E., Jr. ...... 90
Cannon, William H., D.D.S. ..580
Canthis, Mrs. Ellen . . . .607
Canthis. William ...........607
Carleton, Chlll'les S. .........209
Carleton, Mrs. Maria.... .,. .210
Carnenter. :\fr". Harriet..... .487
Carpenter, Thomas ......... .486
Carroll, Frank G. .......... .619
Carroll. Mrs. :1Iary .......... 6lP
Carruthers, Rev. Samuel ......606
Carson, Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .603
car,>on, 'fr
. \Iargaret E. ... .603
Carter, Edward T. ..........147
Cartpr. )[r.,. Louisa C. ...... .147
Carty, Jeremiah ............ 48
Cm'en, TIm. \Villiam, D.D.,
LL.B. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .393
Cawthra Family ............ 32
Cawthra, Henry ............. 32
Cawthra. H. Victor ......... 33
Chalcraft, Mrs. Clara. ....... .301
Chalcraft, William E. ....... .301
Chalmers, John .............285
Chalmers, Mrs. Marion ......285
Chambers. Rev. Andrew B.,
LL.B.. D.D. ............... 15
Chapman, Mrs. Essie .........615
Chapman, Frederick \V. ......615
Chapman, James ........... .501
Chapman, Thomas ..........335
Charlps, 'fr,>. Charlotte .... .536
Charles, John W. ........... .535
Charlton, Mrs. Ann .... " .243
Charlton. George ........... .242
Charlton, Dr. W. J. .. _ .... .Ill
('hp
nut. 'f rs. J_. ............581
Chessell, Mrs. Eliza E. ......267
Ches<ell. George D. ......... .267
Chick. Frank L. ........... .415
Chri'>tie, Brown & Co., Ltd. .. 47
Christie, Mrs. Jane ......... .187
Chri<otie, :1lrs. l\Iary J. 48
Chri.,tie. Hobcrt J. ........... 4<:
Christie. William (1833) . .IR6
C'1.ristie. William (1829) ... .5G5
Christie, "ïlliam !II. ......... 47
Chrv"l{'r. .Tam{'s C. .......... 6GO
Chrysl{'r, )[rs. Sarah....... .661
Church. Mrs. Elizabeth 1. ... .471
Clark, D. A.. )1.0. ......... .562
C'1ark, Daniel. M.D. ......... 67
Clark, Mrq. Helen L. ......... 7
Clarke. !lfrs. Charlotte E. 99
Clarke. Eòward F., M.P. . ... 99
Clarke, W. A. ....... ......423
Clarkson. :1frs. Amelia ...... .132
C'larkson, Charles. B.A. . . . . . . .132
Clark"on. Hillary .......... .475
Clorl-son. .Tpnnip ........... .47"
Clarkson, Mrs. Mary A 475
f'larkson, William f . . : : : : : : 327
Clay, W. H. ...... .. 914
Clayton, William. .. . . . . . . . : 502
C'lemes, 'Irs. Ann, ,......... 394
Clemes, , ai. Joh' ......... :3!13
C1endenan. r. . P. ....
SO
('lerk, Afton F. Gporge \V. ..., 533
C'rk: Mrs. An ...... ::::5
nhlnboomer T e ....... ,.- / '1
' 10mas ..a _..":1:
er. :1fr q . :Mary J. . ,...... .301
'1". Robert .......\...... 3M
. :1lr.,
miJy .... .4(;9
,q. .John E. .
..... 4119
rOD, A-1pun r . . . .
. HI
!"On. Inl rl. , 1ItB. ....608
ron, Hon. John H., )I.P... 10
'on, 'Irs. Raphe! .......471
" . CI- ,rlotte .... .322
L-' D '. '"
64
.
.,j.... .
l'A
Clo-e, )Irs. Mary
Close, Thomas H. . .421
Clubine, Ed\\in J. .......... .329
Clubille. :1(rs. Hannah J. .... .329
Clubine, William H. ....... .347
Coady, Richard T. . .200
('oat
wOl"th. Emerson . ..... .445
('oatsworth. 1\I\"s. Margaret .445
Codv, Denjnmin ." . .... .514
Colby, :Mrs. Jane ......... .488
Colby, Robert ..............488
Cole. 'Ir.,. Elizabeth . . .279
Cole, Thomas ............... 279
Coleman, Mrs. Amanda ......554
Coleman. Arthur ............613
Coleman, Charles ...........554
Coleman, Charles W. '" .413
Colemau Pamilv . .. . . . . .413
Coleman. Mrs. ilIary A. .547
Coleman. William.. .. .. .547
C()le
, George ....... . . . . .356
Collins, :Mrs. Elizabeth .......420
Collins, George W. ..... ....419
Collins, James W. ..........341
Collins. )irq. Orphena M. .. .342
Connors, Mrs. Catherine ... .577
Connors. Stephen ......... . .577
Cook, Dr. Allan B. ...........384
C",ok. Edgar :\1., )I.D. ...... . .155
Cook Family ............... 155
Cook, Herm;n E., :M.P. ......121
Cook, John L. ............. .527
Cook. :1frq. Lucv ........... .527
Coons, Frances 'E. .......... .235
Coons, Reuben ..............234
Cooper, A. B. .......,...... 356
Cooper, David G. ........... .561
Cooper, Rev. Henry C. ........3;;(,
Cooper. Hugh, V.S. ........ .461
Cooper, James H. ........... .564
Cooper, Mrs. lIIar
ret H. ....5(;4
('or('oran. )(r". Hannah ..... .409
Cor('oran. :1lirhael J. ....... .409
Corni"h FamiJv ............. 33
Cornish, Rev. George H., LL.D. 33
Cotterill. John ............. .598
Cotton, lIIr". Sarah " _..... . .297
Cotton. William J. ..,. .297
Coulson, Arthur .. ......:..225
Coulson, Mrs. Margaret A. ..225
Coultpr, John . . ............504
Couiter. 1\Iarv . .............504
Cowan, :1ln<. 'Frances .........633
Cowan, John J. .,......... .,633
Coxhead. Ca{'sar .............250
Craig. 'frq. Janet .......... .200
Craig. William ............. .290
Cramp, Da, id .......,....... 639
Cramp, !lIrs. Eliza ..........639
Cramp FamiJy _............ .483
Crandell,
rrs. A. Ruth.... . .571
Crandell. Clarke ........... .571
Crane. James .............. .518
Crawford, Andrew ........... 14
Crawford, Mrs. Catherine .... 14
C"
ighton, John ............ .112
Crocker. James ............ .164
Crocker, Mrs. Mary ...... .164
Crosby, Isaac .,............ .440
Cruickshank, James ........ .24
Cum mer, Frank R. ......... .26
Cunningham, Helen A. ...... .4BG
Cnrlllingham, James ........ .551'
Cunningham, lIIrs. Mary J. ..558
Curran, Mrs. Anne ..........420
Curran, James. . ............420
Curry, Samuel W. .......... .489
Curti". Charles ..... . .4A7
\.A-'''
Mrs. R
"1o..- ... .u52
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INDEX.
Xl
l' AGE.
('u
eck, Sergt. Nathaniel .... .652
('uttell,
Irs. Grace ..........663
Cuttell, Thomas .............662
Dack, Edward .............. 91
Dack, Lucy ................. 92
Dack, Robert ...............657
Dad., Robert G. ............657
Dale, George ...............646
Dale, Sarah ........... . .. 261
Dale, Thomas .............. .260
Dalton,
Iiss Florence E. ... .143
Dalton, Robert G., Q.C. ..... .142
Daniel, Daniel ..............619
Daniel,
Irs. Katherine F. ... .619
Davey, James ...............482
Da\'Cy, John ............... .670
Davev,
Ir
. f'elma .. . .670
Davidson, !llrs. Caroline..... .204
D'n-idson, George L. .........439
Davidson, Joseph ............203
DR.\ idson, 1\Irs.
Iartha P. ....440
Davies, Charles ........... .51i6
Davies, Mrs. Emma .........631
Davies, 1\1 rs. Mary E. ........348
Davies, Capt. Peter ........ .630
Davies, :!\frs. Sarah. . . . . . . .567
Davies, William, Jr. ...... .348
Davis, !llrs. Eliza _ .. " . . .556
Davis, Frank .............. .556
Dads, Joseph S. ........... .635
Da\j;,on.
lrs. Mary GOo, . . .. . .202
Davison, William ...........202
Deacon, Mrs. Eliza ........ .153
Deacon, James .............. 152
Dean, Benjamin ....... " .532
DI'{'. FJ"an<'j" O. .... .3S7
Dee, :!\Irs. )Iary .............387
De la Haye, Alcide, B.A., 1\1. D. 411
De la Haye, Mrs. )fary ..... .412
Delamere, Col. Joseph 1\1. .., .210
Dplamere, Thomas D., )1.,.\'.,
K.C. .................... .178
De Leplante,
Iaglorie ......548
Dp Leplante. Mrs. Theresa ))41'
Demp,>ter, James ..... . . .633
Dempster, ::\Irs. Mary ...... .633
Denison. Lt..CoI. Frederick C.,
C.1\I.G., M.P. ....,....... .192
Denison, Mrs. Julia A. ...... .192
Dennis, J. R. .,............. 574
Dennison, Mrs. Fanny....... .469
Dpnnison. Joseph H. ........ .4ß9
Des Rrisay, ::\Irs. Sarah E. ..360
m e Brisay, Rev. William A.. 360
D tsterre, )11">'. Annie . ..,. .568
.J'Fsterre, Robert J. .........567
Diamond, James ............423
Diamond. Mrs. Jane ........ .423
Dickie. Mrs. Elizabeth ...... .567
Di('kip. James ............. .567
. TI!"nir'k. 'Irs. Charlotte 1\1. .. 95
I)
nnick, Rev. John D., D.D. .. 9i
Dmwoody, Jeremiah ........ .643
Dixon, FJ"ederiC'k E. """ 25
Dixon, Frpderick J. .... .. .518
Dixon, W. V., D.D.s. . . . . .6ß9
Doan Families .... .. .372, 313
Doan. .T. X"rman
Doan, Mahlon ..........
Doan, Thomas B. .......
Doan. William ........
Doan. "ïlliam A. ........
Doane. Mrs. Elizabeth '"
Doane, Henry . . . . . . . . . .
Dnel. John .......
DOherty, Charles R ..
fJoherty, Mr q . Cha1lottp
n,.ty, Mr'>. .Amanrì,. .T.
. .332
0--
. ._:)iJ
.. .372
H7
'1)7
.)7
I'AGE.
Doty, Frank ............... .437
Douglas, Samuel J. ......... .325
Douglas, William J. ........ .236
Dowsley, Dr. George W. O. .. .367
Drouillard, )Irs. Jane .......320
Drouillard. Phelix . . .... ....320
Drummond, Mrs. He
ter A. " .374
Drummond, John W. ....... .3i4
Duckuorth, Mrs. Catherine . .219
Dur'kworth, John .......... .219
Duggan, Edmund H. .........397
Dunlop. John H. ........... .126
Dunn, George ...............233
Dunn. ::\Jr
. Rebecca ........ .253
Dunnet, Mrs. Jessie ........ .231
Dunnet. Thomas, )I.A. .......230
Dum\oodie, James .......... .421
])um\ooùie.
Iary
-\.. ........ .421
Durham. John .,.,........ .,336
Dvas, Mrs. Emma W. . . . . . .162
Dyas, Thomas W. .......... 162
Dyas, William J. .......... .187
Earl, ::\Irs. Sarah A. ..... . . .595
Earl, William ............. .595
Eaton, Edward Y. ........... 34
Eaton,
Irs. )Iabel. ......... 3i
EcclestonI', Alfred G. ........217
EcclestonI', ::\Irs. Amelia J. ....217
Eckardt, 'Irs. Sarah .........212
Eckardt, \Yilliam ...........212
Ellington. .Adam ............ .642
Edington, Mrs. ::\Iargaret .....642
Edwards, Mrs. Charlotte .....53.,
Ed\\ards, Mrs. Elizabeth J. .. 65
Ed"ards, James. .......... ..555
Edwards, Sergt. John E. ..... 65
Elliot, C. Shomberg, ::\I.D. ....37.,
Elliott, David ..............429
Elliott, George, !II.D.C.::\I. .... 63
Elliott.
Irs. Harriet ....... .429
Ellis,
-\.rthur W., D.D.S. .... .626
Ellis, Harry ". . . . . . . . . 629
Ellis. John '" . .. .. .. .. .. .519
Ellison,
Irs. Kate.......... .613
Ellison, \\ illiam J. .......... 6U
Elson, ::Ilrs. 1\Iinena ......... 29i
Embury, )Irs. Elizabeth .... AR6
Embur,.. John E., V.S. ..... .486
Emersòn, )Irs. Catherine I. ..304
Emerson. Joseph ........ .304
Emery, 'Irs. Barbara ...... .573
Emery, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.3
England.
Ir". Ellen .........320
England, John ........ .....320
Emns,
Irs. Annie ......... .318
Emns, Arthur \Y. ..... .... .447
Fvans, )'Irs. Harriet . . . . . . .4S9
EHlllS. .Tohn .... .318
Ewan, Peter . . . ......... __ 579
Fair, David . .639
Fair, Mrs. Lizzie . .639
Farley, John ....... .13S
Farley. '\.[rs.
Iaggie A. . J3S
Farr, Charlotte ...... .46S
Farr, "r
. Isabella ......... .143
Farr, John ...... ..........468
Farr. .Jo
eph . . ............ .143
Fan.lr.
I1'ci. Eliz'J.h('th (Ii)
Farrar, Rev. :Michael A. . . .. 64
Farrell. \I1'
. Eliz.tbeth J. .. .,634
Farrell, William ........... .63i
Feather'tonhaugh. Mrs. Cath.
,'rine L. ..................274
Feathfl'l to'11w n n .;n.; n- t
Fen\\ i"k .J.tl
F pn \\ i,.t \I r
Fen" jpl. \ 1
I'\GE.
Felmick,
Iurra\" ::\IcC., B.A.. 327
Fel1{uson, 'II's. 'Elizabeth .... 5SI
Fer!fUson, Francis ........... .,81
Ferguson,
Irs. Helen E. ......381
.Ferg"
on, .Tohn ... . . . . .380
FerA"U
on, .John D. ......... .565
Ferguson, Dr. John H. .2))1
Ferguson, Mrs. )Iary .. .. .56.,
Finch, John ....... . . .245
FilH'h.
Ir
. Kate .......... .245
Findlay, John ::\1.,
I.A. ...... 44
Finn, \Ir
. Ellen . . . . .4li8
Finn, "Illiam ............. .468
Fish, ::\Irs. Catharine ........458
Fi
h. TIp\'. Charle
..........4.,8
Fi
h. "ïl!iam
\.. ::\LD.. C. 'I.. .453
['ï
her. '[r
. .-\.gnes E.. . .. . .370
l.'jsher. T. Sta\ert .... . ':.ú
Flanagan. Cornelius ........ .569
Flanag.m. }l1'
. Delia .410
Flanagan. Dennis. . ....... .599
Flanagan, }[rs.
Iargaret ... .5!J9
Flanagan, ::\Irs. Margaret S. . .569
Flanagan, Peter J. .... . . .410
Fleming. .rame
. ....... " .107
FlplI1ing. )[1';;. )Iary E. ...... 108
Fletphp\,. .James :........... 52
FI"tehpr.
[r
. Rebecca 1. . ,.,
Flint. -\hraham B.
nint, CJ,aI'le;; ..........
Flint. "r". 1:1i7abeth '"
Flint, ::\Irs. Elizabeth A.
Flintotf. George C. . . . . .4_6
Floyd, 1\Jr". Kate .. . . . . .672
Flo).'d,
tephen ............ .6i2
Fogarty. ,Jo
eph . ........... {i53
rug- I rh'. Pa trick ... .6il
Foo1'd. "ilIiam H. .215
Ford, William H. .... . . . . .4:!.3
For('ma n. 'I r
. '\gnes . ß(ì:j
Forem:l n. (ieorg{' . .. . . . . .603
Forstcr. 'Irs.
Iartha ......29H
For
t{,l. Thomas. .29,
For
ytJl. Charles . . . . . . .22
Fo
ter. Chark" H. ...!i5
Fo
ter,
Jrs. )Iary .5;,
F()
ter. "Il!iam .-\., Q.C. .....6.,0
Fo,\:. ::\Ir
. Caroline ..,H
Fo'\:, .Tohn . .... . . . . 5R
Foy.
[r". G{'rtrude .-\. .. . . .1 "2
Fo.\. .Tohn . .. .. . .,.. ., ]2
FralPigh. Mrs. Frances .... .. .Il7
Fraleigh. Dr. 'Yilliam S. . .. .1l7
Francis, John H. ...... . _ 2S'
Frankland. Hpnry R. ........ .I.j
Fra
{'r. \1(',\and{'I' . .2H:J
Fra
er Famil).' . .fi39
Fraser. .Jam{'s .............. .1l5
Fraser, John B.. )I.D., C.!lI... 5
f
Fra"er.
Ir
. !"lrah F. .......26
Frost, Arthur .T. .56'
Fro"t. (ienrge n. . . fi6
FulJpr. ("harl{'
. 9'
Fullr.r; Charle
D. . : : : . . : : : :
-
FulJer. 'Irs. D{'lilah . . .
!):I
FulJpr, Mrs.
Iai ...... "" 2m;
FulJ{'r.
Ir". Rosamond . . . . .2ß/i'
Fuller, ""illiam D. . . . . " 292
Gard. John Alii
Ganlh<>use. .Tames . i iS62) . . A94
Gardhou"e. James 1832) .. .62i
Gardiner. Da"ill ..... . . .. . -ô
Gardiner, 'Irs. Jane . . . .
02
Gardiner. Thoma,> G6ï
r:ardner. \lfred Il9
Garton, 1) ià B. .4'J.
( a r'on. . Irs. !'nr, h J. 4. .
C..<llle-. ,It 'i. )[atilda '. . I ï7
-
I'AGE.
Geddes, William A. .... . 177
Gee, Mrs. Emma ............261
Gee, Frederick R. ...... .... .261
Geikie, Walter B., M.D., C.M.,
D.C.L. . . . . .............. 81
Gibbons, Luke. . , . . ......... .361
Gibson,
Irs. Elizabeth ....... 2il
Gibson, Rev. Joseph C. ...... .108
Gibson, Mrs. Marcella ...... .108
Gibson, William. . ......... .2il
Jf( Gilbert, )lrs. Jane ......... .406
Gilbert, Thomas ............ .406
Gilchrist, Archibald . . .4-18
Giles Family. . .218
Giles, James G. . .197
Giles, John. .. ......... . .218
(;ilmur. _\ngus R. . .412
Gihnor, I'>aac C. ........... .412
Gi!'1lour. John T., )1.0. ..... 74
Globe. The.. . . . . . . . . . . . .I
O
Going. "rs. -\,(a )1. . .(j21
Cuing. l'har]{'
C. . .621
(.old
mith. Annette ......... .136
(;old
mith, Re\'. Thomas . . . .135
Ir. Goode, Henrv B. . ... _ . . . . . . .200
\1"1 [;00<11'. 'lr
. 'Z{'linda . ....... .200
Gonion, Dr. Edward P. ..... .312
Gordon, Mrs. )largaret ...... .312
. Ik'purl,l
, Adam ............ .408
nðkiUJrli.\v, )lrs. Lottie ....... .408
1skill, R.Il, Adam ............ .417
kill 'll!l, )Irs. Ann J. ........417
" p:ham Familv ............344
,C',:aham,
[r,>. Hp[{'n ... .312
Graham, J. A. . . .... .3-14
I Graham, .}olm ............. .311
[;rnham, \\ illiam J. . . . . . . . .602
Grainger, Ed\\in .. . . . . .316
Gmnger, Oli\er ............ .588
Gr.ner,
[rs.
largaret ..... .183
(.ra\'er, Thomas R. ......... .183
Gral.
[rs. Elizabeth ........416
I:ra
': George ....... .......484
ta;ra
'. Henry A. 35
a;ra
'. Henry J. ... .....586
,n ir,I\. 'II's. Xorma Y. ........ 35
n .ral, Thomas J. ... ....... .416
(;r{'en. 'Irs. Rebecca ........ .293
Green, Robert.. ............293
(J r{'ens ides, Tsaac ...........613
(;\een'-ides, William. . ...... .614
1.1 nqauluq. Hon. Ed" in N. .. .109
Gurnett, Mrs. Jane P. ...... .276
Gurnett, John T. ... .. .276
\\al"';!l. Robert C. ..... 92
J
J\
p..
1,
I
:\
Ir.
Ir
r
Hackett, William T., D.D.S. . .00-1
[I ligen, )Irs. Jennie .........600
'- Hagen, Thomas H. .........600
Tague. )Irs.
lary A. ....... .473
[ague. \\ illiam .............473
fahne, Charles H. ......... .501
la hue. )11''>. Henriette ..... .502
{
!e, )Iis" Carol ... ....... 49
HIlI
Dr. George W. ......... 48
Hale, \Iiss Harriet ......... 49
Hall.
Jrs. 'Iargaret ........ .636
Hall. Tho'Ilas ...............636
Hall,>, )Ir,>. )linnie " . .. .410
J hils. T. T. ................410
:f at'lhleton. Ar'el!'u
....... .450
H.u"ill. Henry ........ .... .41'0
Hamill. 'Ir". )Iartha C. "'" .481
1Ta nah, Mrs. Gertrude '\1. 61
Hannah. William G., I,L.B. . 60
Hardy, Ron. Arthur
.... .537
1I.lre. ,John ... __.. .. . .. .. 531
Ha,.
ra\l'. rdward .... .... .434
r
:m\e,
I
.
Iaria ...... .43-1
"-
- IXDE X
\
PAGE.
Harris, Mre. Annie. ... 51
Harris, Henry .... ........ .484
Harris, Joseph ............. .400
Harris. Mrs. Rebecca ....... .400
Harris, Thomas 1\1. ........... 49
Harrison, Hugh 00......... 00119
Harrison, Mrs. Sarah ....... .1l9
Harrison, William ..........622
Hart, Mrs. Dora ............546
Hart Dr. J. )Iore ..........546
Hart: John S.,
1.D. ... ...... 64
Hartman Family ........... .533
Hartman, Lot L. . ........... .533
Hartney, Frank B. . ........ .552
Harvey, Arthur ............. 116
Hastings, George H. ........ .431
Hastings, Mrs. Georgina .....431
Batton, Annie J. ............ 61
Hatt(,n, John S. ............. 61
Eatton, :Mrs. )Iary A. ....... 61
Hawke, Benjamin E., M.D. . .139
Ha\\kc, 'Irs. Charlotte A. ... .1l6
n.mke. George
I. ......... .1l5
Hay, Mrs. Elizabeth S. .......236
Hay, )Iai. .John D. ......... .235
lTa,'es. 1\Ir". EliBabeth ...... .203
Ha"f-s. William H. ......... .202
Ha
{'lton. .J"
eph . . . . . . . 634
Haz{'1tc.n, 1\1rs. f'usanna .. . .634
H
ggie Family .............. 66
Heggie, William C., M.D ..... (16
Heintzman, Charles T. ...... .52(1
Heintzman, Herman . ....... 54
Heintzman, Mrs. )lary J. ....526
Heintzman, Theodore A. ..... 53
Helliwell. )Iiss Abigail ...... 3f1i
Helli,,{'ll. )[rs.
ophia A. ... .130
HC'lli\\ ell. Thomas ...... ....306
lI{'lli\\ ell. \\'illiam P. . . _ . .130
HC'nder
on, Alexander. ....... 40
II enderson, 1\Irs. Carrie A. ... 3lì7
H{'ndcrson, Charles )1. ....... 36!>
Henllerson, Charles R. . .. .4ï9
Henderson, Mrs. Mary ...... .479
H{'nderson, Robert H., L.D.S..
D. D. S. ................. .437
HC'ndrick. Arthur C.. )I.A.,
I.n. . . . . ............ ... !i2
Hendrick Family . . .. (12
H{'JHirick. )L J. ............ G51
Hendry, \V. B., B.A., M.B... . .3(1r,
II{'nrv. ) Jr... Ellen . .616
Henrv, James ........... 00 .616
Hl'IH"-.
J,.
. Louisa .........381
TTpll1"v. \\'illiam ........... .381
H{',,
rd. l\lrs. Catherine .... .120
H{'\\ard. f'tephen .......... .I
O
H{'ydon. Dr. Charles 1\1. . .369
Hp\'don Familv .. .368
H{'
'don. Fl"Rnêis ........ . .368
Hilhorn. Eli H. ............ .133
Hilhorn I
amily .............133
Hill, George E., D.D.S. . .5!J2
Hill. .John R. .............. .426
Hill. 'Irs. Lucv L. ......... .426
Hill. William "............. . .4 71
Hillam. George ............. .206
Hind. .Jo
eph ... .14R
Hinde I3roth"r,> .. .. .29'1
Hind". "'illiam ............. .300
lTod!!_on. )Jr,>. Catherine . .!i28
Hndg-on. John............. .028
Hogahoom. 'Irs. Frances A. . .22
Tkg-'lhoom. neorge H. .223
Ho!:!!:!. )Jr". Sarah . . . . . . . :!
5
no!:!,!. \\llliam . .324
j "
Holli
. Geor!!e .J . . _ .!i!Jl
Holll'man. Samuel 467
Holl:vm:lll. Sallm"l E. ........468
\
I'AGE.
Homer, Maurice F. .. .645
Hooey, John .............. .571
Hooey, Mrs. Margaret ...... .572
Hopkins, James A. .......... .644
Hopkirk, Mrs. Margaret .....5.>4
Hopkirk, Thomas F. ......... .554
Hopper, Henry F. .......... .25'1
Howard, A. MacLean .......277
Howard Family ............ .277
Ho\\ard, John ... .152
Howard, Mary . . . 152
How{'ll, George A. ........... 118
Howland Family ........... .389
Howland. H{'nry S. ......... .392
Howland, Oli\-er A., K.C., C.
1\I.G. . . . ., ...........389
Howland. P{'leg ... . . .3!12
Hughes, Amos J. .......... .219
Hughes Families W9. 219
Hughe,;, J.1mes L. .129
Hughes, John E. . " . .W9
HulL
[rs.
\.nne ..471
Hull. Dr. Richard \Y. . G53
Hull. William J. . .471
Hume.
-\.. J. ... . .5!J3
Humphrey, B. D. . .309
Humphrey ramih' . :W!J
Hunt,
Jrs. ?lIargar{'t .44!J
Hunt. Samuel L. .449
HUlÜl'r, "r
. \nn L .:'67
Huntpr. 'It". Cathe-rin{' .J. ... .523
Hunter, John, ::\I.D. ....... .161
Hunter. Hohert . . 5
2
Hunter, Robert J. ...... .5(1Î
Huntley, George J. .......... .313
Huntly, Mrs. MaroY 570
Huntlv. Samuel '" 5ïO
JT u ri1: nr. HC'l!1"v E. ........ .47!i
Husband, George C. .........226
Hu,;hand, Mrs. Mary A. .... .221ì
Hutf'hinson, Isaac ......... .30-1
Hutchin,>on, !II rs. Margaret ..304
Hutt. W. G., )I.D. ......... .499
Hutty,
-\.lfred .............. .202
Huttl'. ,Irs. Dinah ......... .202
Hutt
., Emily H. ...........621
Huth'. reter .............. .620
H
n;q. )Jrs. 'Iargaret ... .
(l2
H \"III'S.
lichapi '" . 2(12
Hj ne.;. P,ltrick .. .... .279
Ide, )1 rs. Eliza. . ... ')
Ide, Hemy T. ...............
IlIce, Mrs. Helen .J. ..
Incl'. William 5
Ingham. Edwin ............."
Ingham, Mrs. Harriet A. . .4: t
Ingram. A. .J. . . ,... .589
Innes, William ............. ..,DR
Tn"lcmann, Ernest R. ........601 1
Inslemann. :\Ir... Mary ....6
Iri
h, J. R., L.o.S. ...........
In ing. )Jrs. )Iary .... . . .1
Ining, William. . ..........1
Irwin. J\ln;. Emily ..........2 If
I n, in, II. E., B.A:, K.C. .. 00..1 1
Ir\\ill. )Jrs. Jane.. ..... .401
Tn\ in, .John (1831) .401
Tn\in, .John (1825) ........ .130
Irwin, .\"illiam \\. .........258
.Jad."oYJ., )lrs. Emily L. ..... .153
.Jack'f>ll. J'lmes ..:..........:.23
.Jadson. .TaJlle
\Y. . .2.tl
.Ta(",>on. Lyman G. .. . .. .153
.Ja kson. )( ]I, .. 71
.J:'C\..-Oll, )rr-.
ßr.lh E. .52
.J. d.son. Thoma'" .... . .2:>7
.T.lf!'l"RJ', Senato
'lobcrt . . . . . .. II
L
INDEX.
ÞAGE.
James, :Mrs. ::\Iilbro ... . . .441
James, R()bert . ............ AU
Jarvis, .Æmilius ............ .211
Janis Famili{'s .,... . .23,41, 211
Janis, Frederick \\". ........ 23
Jnn is, Mrs. Helen \\". .....,. .121
Janis, )Irs. Jennie E. ...... 96
Janis, 1\l1-s. )Iary .......... 41
Janis, Col. Saiter !\I. ....... 96
Jarvis. Stcphen )1. . . . " 41
J.n'. \\"illiam ........... ..272
Jefferson, )Irs. Rachel . ......257
Jellerson. \rilliam T. . . . . .257
Jenkins. Frederick .. . . . . ..>!!9
Jenkins, )Irs. May .., .,. .599
.Jf'nnings. .Josl'ph. . . . . . . . A.>2
Jermyn, )Irs. Anna......... .618
.Ierm
n, .John .1. ............IH7
Je
-ol'l'. Capt. Dudley F. ... .493
Johnson, Arthur J., )I.B. ... .188
Juhnson, Ed"arù I. . . . .280
Johnson, Edward R. .. . . .424
.Tollll_on Family ........... .424
.Johnston. Arthur '" . .. " ..95
.J ,hn
ton- F'lmilv . . . . . . . .433
.Johnston. .John' ... ...... .433
Johnston, ",h's. )Iarv ........168
,John,.tvn. 'Irs. Orpl
a E. .... .434
.John"ton. \Yilliam .434
.lohn
tun
\\". R ... .........650
.Tones. Champio"n ........... .391
.Tone". 'Ir.. Christina " .391
.Jone", Ed"ard C. ........... .1l4
.Jones, .John ...... .....47:>
.Jones. "'Irs. :Margaret ....... ,475
.Jones. )Jrs. )Iargaret 1. ..... .114
,J"ne'. ,Irs. )!.Irv . .. . .347
.Jone
. Rohert,
r. 347
.Jordan, \\'alter . .592
Kay. Helen. . 9r.
Kay. .John ................. 96
K{'ele. )Ir". Au
usta A. .......34-1
K{'ele. Charles C. .......... .341
Kelly, )Irs. Henrietta ...... .562
Kelly.
amuel .J. ..... ..... .5r.2
Kenned
, George, l\I.A., LL.D.,
K.C. . . . . ................306
Kennedy, }Irs. .Jessie ....... .672
KennedJ, Robert D., C.E., O.
L$. . . . . . . ....... . .li72
K<'l"T. Mr.. Ann .J. ........ .. !l8
Ken. Bernnrd S.. )I.n ..... .402
Ken.
Jrs. Elizaheth ..... ..14li
Kerr. Hon. Jame" K., R.C. . .6:>4
Kpl"T, .Tohn (1819) __... ... 97
I'l.en. ,John (1820) ..........146
Ken. 'Iiss Sarah J. ........ .610
Kirkpatrick,
-\.lIllrew ....... .r.43
Kirkpatrick, "\Ir". Jane. .. " .4117
Kirkpatrick. Joseph ......... 4r.7
Kirk"ood. Alexander . . .. lî3
Knowle", Henrv A. ......... .r.2;;
Kno" Ie". )[rs. '",Iary l\I. . fJ2lî
K}'le. Edle.
' . .129
Kyle. Eliza . . . .129
K
l{'. .Tames ... ............ 4'13
Kyle, )Irs. )Iurgaret . 483
T ai,lIaw, )Ir". Catharine A. . ..'ilî7
Laidlaw. ,John ....... ......1\G7
L'1ing. William .T. . .. . .47:t
Lainson. J,.hn ,Yo ............ filO \
I.amund-Smith. 'Jr
. Isabella .lî09
I
'1mon,I.Smith. .Jameq . . . .1309
I.amond.Smith. Louise F. ... ./\09
Lamont. Da\.id ............ .618 , I
T alllont. )Irs. )1. F. . .J.Jh. . .'.
t18
LI..tÒ-':Tt
oh .'lTC:. Harriet ....273 \ ,
1', OJI. .'ohn ...........605
Xl
I'AGE.
Lander, 1frs. )Iargaret ...... .582
Langmuir. John \\. .121
Lannin, )Irs. Sarah......... .273
Lannin. Thomas .............273
Lash, John F. ............. .568
Lash, )Irs. Sarah ......... .568
Latimer, }Irs. Emily . .579
L.'1timer, James :M. ......... .579
L.l\Hence Familv . ....... . .318
La" rence. Williåm J. ....... .318
Lea FamÜ\ ... __ __...... ..384
Lea, Josep'h H. . .383
Leach, Hu
b . . ......... . ..339
Leadlay, Ed\\ard .......... ..1l3
Leadlay, )Irs. )laT\ L ....... .1l3
Lear, )Irs. Elizaheth . .. .212
Lear, Richard H. ....... .. .212
Le<" 'Irs. Emma )1. . . .201
Lee, )lrs. Harriet J. . .296
I pe. .Tohn P.. .Jr. .29..
Lee. Joseph R. . . . .146
Lee. Philip T. ...............340
Lee. \\'alter S. .......... .....201
Lee, \V. H. ................ .44"
Leech, }Irs. Caroline G. ......358
Leech, Henry S. .............358
Legg<'. Thomas .. . . . . . . . . . . .438
Le Gro., Edward .......... .599
Le Gros, l\Irs. Sarah .........599
Leigh, Robert J. . . . .415
L{'mon, Fdward .............364
Lemon, George ..............333
Lemon,
Irs. )Iaria ..........364
Leslie, Ed\\ard ............ .224
Leslie, )Iaj. J. K. .......... 69
Ll'
lie.
lr
. )I.,rian . .. . . . .2:!.>
I.esslie Family ............. 43
Les"lie, Joseph W., )I.D. . 43
Le
ter, ",Ir
. Kate .... ... .209
Lester. "illialll H. ......... .209
Lightfoot, William .......... .408
Lillev. 'Irs. Mari.L .... .. . ....313
Lilley, Thomas. ............ .313
I illb,
Ir
. \Y. J. .......... .646
Lindsav. )Irs.
-\nn E. ...... .5:;7
Lind,eÿ, ::\lrs. Ellen .J. . . . . .639
Lind.ey, Isaac 'Y. . .639
Lini1
av. Isallc W. . . ..... .639
Linton'I
amily . . ........... .183
Linton. \Yilli'1rn .183
Little. .Jame" H. ... ....... . 26.,}
I.ittle. 1Ir
. )Iarv F.. . .319
Little. )Irs. )Iarÿ J. ........ .266
Littk !';mon G. . . . . .319
LIon!. 'Ir". Charlott, . . . . li04
Llo}d, Da\.id . . _. __.. .. ..352
Llovd, ",Iurdock 1\IcL. ...... .603
Loft. -\lic{' . . ..... .633
I.oft. Annie....... .633
Loft. Lukp R. ... . . . . . . .632
Lou!!head. Gporge . . . . . . .601
Loughead. )Irs.
Iartlm .... .liOI
I..ough{'ed. Dr. R. ,1. . . . .3;;5
T.o\'P. -\lfred .231
Lo\e Familv . ...... .... .237
Lo\"e. )Irs.' )Iar"f" . ... 266
Lm'e. Rohert ..'-... . . . . : 266
T.uncl"f". Charles . . . . .22R
T.1Ini1:'- Familv. .............22/\
Lundy. .Jo
eph C. '. ......... .226
Luntl
. S. H. ...............lîlì5
Lyun: .Tohn L. .... ... .597
I.yon, )Jl"s. Lucie _ 598
'1(' -\llister.
anHwl . .W;;
Mc.-\.ulpy, Francis. ....... . . . .434
'1(' -\ nì{'\. ,It.-.
JarlZaret E. ..435
",le.Rain. .Tame. . . . . .239
'Ie-Bolin. 'Ir
. J{'-
ie . .239
---'.
.
I'AGE.
)lcBride, Charles .......... .397
reRride, )Irs. Jennie . . . . . . .397
)lcCnrth.\', Andr{'" \Y. .......401
McCarthy, Mrs. Mary ....... .402
_lie-Cleal), .JO
epll ........... 30S
::\IcC1ear}, Mrs. }Iary .A. .....308
)lcCJelland, .Alexander .... _ .171
)1<,C'lel1and. Mrs. Elizabeth I il
McClure, Charles N., l\I.A. ...465
)lcConkey, Ernest G. E. ......658
)IcCormack Familv . ...... 159
::\[cC'ormack. R, bprt L. ......: 1'>9
McCracken. .-\.lexander .1. .2:!:.I
\IcCraney. )Ioses S. ...... . .281
:\IcCraney. "'In;. Sarah . .281
MeCurd\" Familv . 89
)lcDonell.
[r
. '.Jane .271)
McDonell, Samuel S. ....... .275
:\lcDougall, :\ll"s. Jean :\1. ... . .511
'IcDou!!"all. Judge Jo"eph E. .511
McGuire, )Irs. Eliza _,.418
",lcGuire, .John . .4IS
) [cH,u-dv, Forbe
. . 316
l\IcHllrdy. 'Ir
. 1I.oùlp ,I. .3lfi
)[dnto-h, .James _ . .499
",Jdnto,.;h. '[rs. .Jennie . .. .:U:O
I<'lnto"h. Peter . ... . .3r.O
l'IIcIntosh, Reginald K. .. . fino
:\Ic Into-h. \\ illiam D. . . .2;;4
)[e'Ka}, "'Irs. Ellen ....229
[cKa
, )Irs. He
ter -\. '" .246
"""'\:
y. .J"),n R. .24..
)ICK-1
. Robert . . .229
)lcKellar, Alexander.. ... .235
IcI....ellar, )Irs. Sarah J. "'" .235
1"'ÙIII'p'I\". "l'
. Alic -!"Iii
)[,.Kenn{'d\". William .........596
JeKihbon, Herbert C. ..... .595
","'Kihhon. ",Ir
.
far!!''1Tet ... .;;!l..
) [cI';:im, )lr". IS.lhella ... ..422
1/d\:im. Rohert . .. .422
)lcLpiHl. Colin ...... .. ... .597
'ld.f"1n. Dngalrl ..... . . . . . /i:;2
)[e-I e.lII. "'Irs. Lillian ." ..... '>97
1/e-T.ean. 'Irs. )Iargaret . . . . . G32
)[clean. Rohert G.. ......411
1ldlahon. Thomas F. . ......290
)lc1Ia
ter, Arthur R. ....... .520
Ie-"a
ter.
h". Hell'n E. _ .. .520
)lc)Jichael, -\lfrl'd .J. "., )L-\.. .100
)IdIichael, James W. ....... .167
)Ic1Iichael. Richard .. ...... .167
11'''iIlan. .Jame
. ... .... . .423
)IdJillan. )Jrs. 1Ia ry A. .....423
1[dltuTa)', :\Jrs. ElIzabeth 94
Jc",lnrray. James S.. y .. 93
",Iahley.
-\lhert . . . . . . .243
Iahle.
' Family ............ 244
)lacCallum. .Tames. 130.-\., 1\I.D..al:1.
1lactlonald. ::\Irs. Annie....... I
lacDnnald. Donald .........28.
"a('Donald. )Irs. Elizabeth ...28.
1[acdonald. Hon. John ....... 1
Iacdonald, John K. . ...... .173
)llledonell, Angus C., D.C.L.,
)I.P. . . . . ................ 86
)JaccTonell Family . . ......... <jfl
)[acDonell. Jamps G. " 142
Jacdougall, Alfred. . ...... .51 46
1[acdougall, Mrs. )Iary ......5: 45
Iacfarlane, "\Ialcolm . . fj149
)Iacfarlane, 1frs. l\I'1rv ...... . 62Ò'"
Iae-I-.ay. .-\ngu
....
...... ..274'
l\Iackay, Elizabeth ...... .27.. 9
Iackay. William E. . . . . . .5(05
J.1C Ken7ie. 'I r". Ellen . . , 1:" _
la('Ken7ip. \Yilliam \ .IRa
. . C)
)Iacki'l. Ale'\andpr A. ..... ili ._63
Iackld. 1Ir
.
1. Yictoria .6n9
.......J....,,.,.:II'ÆJI, V.I. unhlt:'S }..... ..... .fiO!}
,
........
PAGE.
Iaclean, }Ir". :\Iary B. 91
laclean, William (1824) 65
)Iaclcan, William (1847) .... 91
'lac'l.lth. Hugh. . . ........ .3
8
Iac'lonagle, 1\Irs. Janet..... .
O
'tac)lona"Ie. .Juhn .......... .alO
)IacNam:ra, Dr. Albert T. .., .341î
'Iacoomb Albert . ...... .6GI
".HIil!. }Ì r
. Florpnce ........ II
.\Iadill, F1rank, )I.A., 1\I.P.P.,
M.P..... .. .............. II
'Iag:ep, .Iohn .J.. B.A. .170
.\1.1g"{'e, Mrs. 'lary .. . . . . .1 iO
.\IaiIe, )Ir,>. Elizabeth ........652
"ailp. Fr'lIIk. . . ........... .6.)1
1Iall"0Im, )lrs. Euphemia .... .464
\la kol'n. Georg(' ., . . AG3
'l.uHI{', ille. E. W. ......... .423
la1Hle\"ille. :\Ir
. If'abell.\ . .423
'lanning, Alexander . .1I.>
1\lanning. Percy A. . . . .115
1\larks, Elly. ...............22.>
"'.Iark", .\Irs. Emilie P. . .. 80
)1 arks, G{'orge . .....,...... 80
Marks, Henry. .............225
Marks, Mark ............. .,225
Marriott, James T. .......... 5G3
:\hrriott. 'Ir
. .Jane ......... .563
'Iar
h, Alexander .......... .331
1\Iar
h. William G. . ... .352
Marshall, John . ........ .. .554
'Iar
hall.
Ir". 'Jary .. .. . .535
Martin, Dr. George S. ,...... .137
\ 'Iartin, 'Irs. Helen.. .... ... .58
(, :MarE.l, Matthew. . ........ .58
T 1\1'1" Ill. Charles ............. 2lîl
11.1";"". )Irs. 'fary ......... .139
MOl-on, Th')luao.T ......... .583
1Ia
on, l\IN. Thomasllle .583
'h1"on. William T. . . .13R
l\[as
e:v, Charles A. 57
\Ia,",,,;p
'. f'he'<tl'r D. ;;1'1
"a
'<ev. Ilnrt A. . .;Iî
'Iascey, W. E. H. . ... !i!J
'las"ie, Jnmps .... ..........190
1\[at}ler", John " . . . . . . . . . . .648
'Iatthe\\s. Aner C. .......... .29;:;
;: ñl 1Iatthe\\s, 'Jrs. Emma. ..... .295
UJ ::\Iatthews, "\Irs. Mary A. . . .382
(;, ,ratthe"s. William L. ........381
I' 'Iaughan. .John ............ .12
1 :;.1' 'I.ml{'. 11rq. Henrietta L. .....607
Û . )Iaule, Capt. Robert .........607
n u ur . 'I{'a,l. )Irs. \fq.y A. ....... .378
\:1' rl J I . -
:"aj' pac. Car't. Robprt. c.E., 'LE..3'!'
_ )Iean:q, DOb<>rt . . . .. . . .. ... .476
H ",'l!cllf.Alfre,I... .....627
II
C
';\lp<!,'alf. Ed\\llnl . .. ......627
H.1W'")lprlcalf, 111'8. Elizabeth .., .G27
ag' "{'lk,,1f Famih'. . . .fi26
ag "ph in..Jon{'s. Hon. Lvman ::. 22
rap :!\Ieredith, Mrs. Susamlah . '" .557
a "prerlith. Thomaq ...........557
.. 'I{'rrick Family . . ........... 35
if: 1lprritt. 'Irs. E. Robertson . .364
R. J\h'rritt. \\ illiam 'I. ........ 3fi4
II-" it :rtcns. William .J. ........: 319
I/n' T
'n'rs, n. Campbell. )I.D..
najJ' ,(".,1.......... ..........17G
la ll
' .
ght, John 'I. . . .42A
! '. s.. 1;:n
r, .Tohn. B.A. .282
j:a1'1
; J\lilJn, l\Jr
. Kate 'L .21'12
It"'!,:'Wlar,
lr8. Sarah A. .1
9
'I aim h . iJlal', R"v. Walter .1:l!J
, a na , "llr.rd Family . 461
Hannah. YI d J h R
II I H tr, 0 n .. . . . . . . . . . . .461
.Hr y, o\,. \1'- \ I I . j . \. 2 '9
H. . . J h i, h...., ., au C . . ......
.lIe. .0 Ih. Elijah. . 422
lIa';rraH'. ..:r:
ih.............. :4!J'ì
rgraye.
Ir
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PAGE.
"i1l{'r. H{'nrv. . ..... .4!Jli
Miller, :Mr,,: Janet. . ....... .500
\lill.,r, John Coo
I.P.P. ...... 2.t!)
.\liller, Mrs. Mary J. ........422
)Iillig,m. U.-Col. William J. L. 17
JIi1ls, George H. ........... .501
}Iilne, Rev. Audrew, M.A. . . .611
Milne. )Ir
Lena .. 611
Minkler, Asa E. .......... ..659
'I inkier, }lrs. Jlarv A. ..... .liliO
JIinor, Mrs. Mary H. ....... .408
:\Iinor, Morgan .J. .......... .407
.Minto, !Ill's. Annie ......... .152
Minto, William ............ .152
JIirclU'Il, Jlr
. .Joanna .,...... 92
Mitchell, John .......... . .305
I
t(,hel!, Mrs. MJ.rg .ret . ...
O;;
:JIitchell, Thomas . ......... .339
Mitchell, Thomas C. ........ 92
lon1gomery, Elizabeth ...... .1l3
,Iontgomery, IIon. John ..... .1I3
l\loOle, Mr'>. Ann....... .. .. .275
Moore, Charles F., M.D., C.
1..404
Moore, Robert. .............275
Moore, Wi1liam II. . . .13S
Morgan, Charles E. . ....... .4iO
)Iorp-an, Mrs. Clara .........470
)Iorgan, Judge Erlward .... . .17G
)Iorgan, )Irs. Elizabeth . .54G
"mgan, ,It 8. E. )1. A. . .3ilJ
1\Iorgan. Ceorge ............ .546
"organ. Thomas K. . .37G
:\Iorley, G,'orge . . .232
Iorle:v, Walker . ....... .' .:;24
:!\Iorrison, The Hon. Joseph C.. 8
.1lorrow Family ........... .294
:\lorrow. John ............. .29-1
!lIorse, Mrs. Elizabeth. . ... .57H
\!or..;{'.
Irs. F.limheth A. . .. 87
'I"r
p. .John T. .............. 87
Morse, William 1\1. ..........578
Iorson. FreJeriek
I.. B.A. .. .ISlJ
1lortimer, Rev. George ...... .178
Mortimer. Thomas...... .178
Iowat, Frederick ........... 6
1lowat. Mrs. Isabella . . .399
'Iowat. :"ir Oliver ........... 5
'10\\ at. Robprt D. ...........3!19
'loYllihan, Ellen ............. fi
O
110vnihan. Michael .......... G30
,ruÚloon.
-\rthur ... _.... .. ..;60
1luldoon, Mrs. Lois 1.1. ..... .li60
"ulholland. 'Irs. Mary A. . .213
'Iulholland. Thomas . . . .213
1rnnro, William P. ...... o!l3
1lurdock, l\Irs. Annie L. . .5G!
)Iurdock. William J. ...... .. .;;60
,rurphy;Ed\\ard F. ...... ... .3
0
furphy. l\Irs. Marion .... .330
Iurray. 'Irs. Hughina .. .571
"\Iurray, Ru
on. 1\1.:\., K.C.... Ii':
"una,\'. !llaj. .John A. .517
Murray, John W. ............571
'Iurray, 1rr". Marion .GGfi
"nrray. \Yilliam ........ . .1)1'5
"unav, "ïlliam -\. .516
1lurray, William T. .GGfi
"a,,1-). 'Ir". Eliza .J. .
2
ash. Riphard . ....... .. ..
2
ealon, Mrs. "!Ifaria . . .
95
Nealon, Patrick . _. .. .395
"" elli". 1\1 rs. Helen So ........607
eI8on. Mrs. I
ahella . . . .1
4
'Velson
Horatio W. ......... .133
"esbitt. R{'v. Georg... )1.A. ." 1'1
,"eyitt. RichariJ B.. A.B.. 1\r.n..177
,"iehol", l\lr". Agne,> ...... . . :l22
'\ieholq. A]fnd .T. .... . .
22
I'AGE.
Nichols, :J\Ir. and
lrs. J. Lister.158
XiclIols, John ........,......271
r\icol, Major. . . ............ .402
Xotman,
Irs. Eliza .1. 61;
Kotman, John C. GG
Oakley, Dr. Frunci
:JRtj
Oakley, Mrs. Janet ..........386
O'BriPlI, Patricl, "'., )I.D. ....417
O'Hagan, Mrs. Elizabeth . . . .550
("Jl..gan. Jame
........... .350
G'Halloran, Mrs. Daniel .J. . .430
O'JjaJioran,
Iichael ....... .4:10
OHara. Jamp
.............ü31
O'Hara, Mrs. Sophia. ... .(131
O'Keefe. EugPII'.. . . .478
O'Leary, Mrs. Katharine .....487
II"Leary. Louis. v.
. .........487
Oliver, Dr. .John K. ........ .157
Olh'er, Mrs. Man E. ....... .158
O'Jlearu. Rev. Canon Thomas
R.. LL.D. . . . .......... .,654
O'Xpill. .\1 rs. Ague" . . . . . . . .307
O':\cill. William. . .. . .. . . .306
Orchard, 1\1 rs. ncs
ie . . . . . . . fiß:}
Orchard, Richard 11. .lili3
Ostley, Frank . .............358
Owen, Trevor R. ... 73
-.
Page, Dr. Thomas J. ........ .5R5
Palmer, Dr. .J. :\1. .......... oo3RH
Palser, Henry D. .......... .299
P.1lser,
Ir". Su,an ....... .299
Parker, Alfred. . .. . .G06
Parker, 1\1rs. Emma . . . . . . . . G06
Parkin. John \Y. ........... .410
Passmore, Frederiek F., C.E.. .519
Passmore, Mrs. Isabella .... .519
Paterson,
Ir". Florence I. .... 75
P.lterson, .Jamcs F. .. 75
Paterson. J\1rs. .Jane . . . . . . . .411
Paterson, John ... .........411
Pater"on, Rev. Thomas \Y..
)1.A. . . . . . .... ... ..... 55
Patterson, Dr. Elij.1h . ...... . .120
Patterson,
Irs. J. S. ........ 2R3
l'atter"on. Mrs.
Ift1"tha ..... .120
Patton, Ron. Jame" ......... 7
Paxton, Mrs. Amy E. ... . . . . fiß3
Pa)o.ton. .John . . ............ ß63
Pea hr. .John \Y., M.D. ..... .IIS
1'1'.1 rce, 1\1 rs. 1\Ia rg'aret is
Pearce, Thomas P. . . . .. 73
Pear". \YiIliam .... . . . .2SlJ
Pear
all. Benjamin .. . . . .189
Pear"all, neorge ............ .121
Pearson, Dr. n. F. . . . . . . . .lfì6
P',U'..;on, Fd"ar.l . .....279
Pcar
on Famil, . . . . . .SIO
{'('arson. Lambert B. :!1n
P{'prl<'"s, Alfred .J. ......... AS I
Pe
rle8s, Mr". Elizabeth . . . .4
1
J'eJlntt. Rpnry .... _ .. 20
Ppnrlriek, :!\Ir
. Harriet ...... .4HR
Pcndriek. Richard .......... -llî8
Pepler. \Y. II., ::n.D., C.'I., -L.R.
C.P.... . . . ... ...... ..... :Jß
Perl ins. Matthew J., !lLD. ...472
P"r..v. Richard .............41'9
J'pt(.
s. Capt. Alexand.'r ;;fil
P('{{'r", Mrs. -\nnie ......... .fi2R
Ppters, Mrs. Elizabeth J. ..... fiß2
l'etprs, .John . . . ... . . fi2S
Peterson, Adolph . :'1'2
Petersen, Mrs. Agnes .21'2
Pettigrew, Robert ...........51'4
j Philip, Mrs. Catherine. ..... fir,H
I .P,'i\f. R ...
... ;r,fi
II, l\rr
. f'H.lh E. . .o)
.' '!,.y,
n. TIIIHnll
.. _. .. 2.
., Senato
"'lobert ... ..'
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... .
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PAGE.
Phillip<. Philip ............ .3il
Phillip
, Roùert \Y. .. .2:!9
}'hillips. Dr. Thomas G. .. .376
Piggott, George . .. .473
Pirritte, Capt. John . .207
Pirritte,
Ir".
arah . . .2u7
Plant, George ............. .432
Plant William .............. 2ltj
PIon t
r, Charles P. ......... .Ins
Play tel' Family . . .198
Play tel', John L. . ..........640
Plumb, George ............ .588
Portch,
Irs. Anne ......... .322
Portch, James W. . ......... .321
Porter, George D., )I.D.. . .2-10
1'0\\1'11, Ed\\in R. . .... . .381
PO\\ ell Family . . .534
Po\\ell, George H........ .... 33
PO\\ I'll, Henry .......... .. .486
Po\\ell. 1Irs. )lildrE'd L. ..... .381
l'onell. I:i..hanl C. ... .53-1
Price. .John . . . . . . .29;;
Pringle, .Jame" ........ .... .102
l'rin;.de. 'Irs.
Iarg,ll"et . . . 102
Punnett. Richard ...........557
Purdon,
Irs. Henrietta ......326
Purdon, Robert A. . ........ .326
Purvis,
Irs. Elizabeth. . . . .603
Pun is, George E. . ..... .. .603
Quick, Capt. John .... ... .630
<!uick. )Ir". )Ian' E. .. . .030
Quigley, Lillian "..... .388
Qnigley, Robert J. .......... .38i
QUInn, )Irs. Cecelia .........6;)8
(luinn. Thomas. . . .... .(;;;8
R'llllsden. .John A. . . . . . .190
J, IInsden. Joseph G. .. . . . .-tHO
Ranks. H. R. ........... . . . ;;1)-1
I:.lIclilf.
lrs. Elizabeth . . . . .251
R 1 clifT, Thomas '.. _ . .2;;1
I...l\ more.
I rq. Eliza beth
\. ..503
lta
more, William II. P. .... .502
ReI' Dr. James ............ .196
Rea. :Mrs. :Mary I. ......... .196
T:1''ld. David R; K.C. . . . . . ., 13
1:,1(1. James.. ..... .....308
I.. 1d. John B. . . .......... ..1l3
TI. ,d. Mrs. Nancv L. ........ 30S
H, 1:1, Mrs. RoxaIia B. ....... .1l4
R. :1, Walter J. B. . . . . . .. t'0
It. litt Family.. .. .. . .. .. .329
(:, . I. Charles ...... . . . . . . .209
Re..!. John. . . .........., .,280
Rel'l, Mrs. :Matilda ..........280
Re, I. Richard. . . ........ ..275
Re. 1, Re\. W. L. Bavnes .... .495
I{". .or, Hon. David : 9
Re, ,or, Mrs. Emilv 10
R ,i)r Family. . '. . 75
R ,or. Henry A. ....... .... i8
Reford, Lewis . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Rpford, '11'''. Rosa C. . . . . .204
Ref"rd. William :M. .... .20-1
Roid, Ale'l:ander . . . . .464
Reid, John Y. ............... 60
RC'id, Mrs. )Iary A. IT. ...... III
Reid, Mrs. Mary Y. 60
Reid, Mrs. Naomi ..... .464
}{ id, Rev. William. D.D. .111
Rpikie, Mrs. Marion C. .1l9
Reikie, Rev. Thomas M. . ] I!)
Rif''i!. Allan B. . . ............ 406
R harJson, Mrs. A. M. . .121
RIChardson. Francis ........ .272
Ri hardson, G. S.. D.D$. . .504
Ril'llRri1lOon. 'Ir
. Harri{'t . .273
T:i,.h:lrclqron. ;olm ...........605
PAGE.
Richanbon. Hobert S. .,. .329
Richardson, Samuel .........328
Riehard
ün. He\'. William ... .121
Riddell, Re\. George.... .... .578
Riddell, )h-s. .Je.llli
....... .578
Hidout, )11'<.
-\.lice . . . . .1;;;;
Wdout, )lr
. Cl1arlotte ß. 91
Ridout, Donald C. . ... .518
l{idout, Douglas K. . . . .415
Hillout FaJnih .... .. . . .1;;4
Ridout. Horace R. '" ., . .661
Ridout, ,fohn .............. 90
Itidout, John G. .. .........339
Ridout, Mrs. Katharine.... . .519
Ridout, )Irs. Maggie .. . . . .519
Hidout, Thomas . . . . . .. 19
Uidout. \\"niter . . . . .1;)4
RitdIie, James. . . . . . . . .572
Wtchie, .'ame
H. . . . . lain
]{itchie, John . . . ...........259
Ritchie, Mrs. Laurette ..... .670
Ritchie, Mrs. M. A. ......... .5i2
Hundhou
e Famih 163
Ro,Hlhou
e. ::'\pri,{h .J. ..... . .W3
Hobb. Ch.ules . . . . .... .665
Robb,
Ir". Isabella ........ .665
Hob{,ltson, Dr. Hugh.
I.R.C.
.577
Robertson, l\Iri!. .Jane.. . . . .232
Robert'on, )Irs. Jennie . .577
Rohel"t
on. John. . .......... .232
RobPltson, .John \Y. . HID
Robertson, Mrs. Mary . 199
Robinette, T. C. ....... .530
Robinson, Rev. Alfred J. .196
Robinson. )Irs. Arabella. . ..417
Rohinson. Arthur. . .. . . . . . . . .416
Robimon. Christopher. K.C.,
L-\.. D.C.L. . . . .......... 2
Rubinson,
frs. Elizabeth . .196
Robinson I
alUilv . 2
RI hill...on, George . _ .370
Robin'on,
Ir
. .Jane . .395
Robinson, John ........... ..526
Hobinson,
rr
. Rachel. . . .278
Rohinson, )Irs. Sarah .... . .370
Robinson, Thomas . . . . . .278
Hohin
on. 'Yilliam S. . :19;j
Rob'on. Georg., . . . . .637
Roe. Albert E. . . . . . .498
Roe Familv . . . ..... _ .498
Roger, )Irs. Elizabeth .. 44
Roger, Xeill . . . .,. . . . .. 44
Rogers. Charles, Jr. . . . . . . :189
Rogers, David ..............389
Rvgers Family. . . .... ..... 3R8
Rogers, W. B. ..............389
J:o[!l'l"son, Mrs. E. 'V. . . .,03
Rogerson, James. . . ....... .503
HOImld. Mr
. Emma '''". .193
Ronald, William U. M. ...... 193
Honlans, )Irs. Charlotte .106
Rordans. Joshua L. ..... . ] 06
Rosar, Frank . . ............296
Rosar, Mrs. Rosalia. . . . . . .297
nose, Alexander. . . ... . 59.!
Ros{'. Mr'>. Florence )L . .....316
Rose, George l\IcL. . ., . . .529
Rosl', Mrs. Margaret C. .J. L. .530
Rose. R{'v. Samuel, D.n. . '1l2
Rose, Sarah. . . ....... .. .. .1l3
Ro"e. )Ir". Sarah. . . . " . .594
Rose, \Yilliam
I. . .. .. .. .:n5
Hosenherg. Henry O. . ..... .416
r.oseuberg. Mrs.
Iarion .416
.
)Irs. Sarah N. .. 22
J:o
', \Yalter M. .. 21
HoutJed!!"e. Petf'r . . .2S-l
Ro\\ ntr(o('. \\ïlliam .52:;
T:o
('e. .'fosiah R. .:. . . . . . .6ï2
I'AGE.
Itu.."ell. John P..
I.D., C.,!" 662
Huthl'rf-onl,
I I"S. Catherine. ..253
Ruthprfonl, Henry. . ....... .253
Rutter, Mrs. Catherine . . .. .19;;
Rutter, Capt. Charlps ....... .195
Ryan,
Irs. Catllel'ine ....... .194
R
an, Hugh . . ............. 42
Ryan, Miss Isobel ,I. ........ 2;)
Ryan, John . ... . . . . . . .. 2
Ryan, John T. . . ..... 4
Rvan,
Iartin . . . ...........458
R\ an, Mrs. Sarah. . . . . .458
Ryan, William . . . ......... .194
Ryerson, Charles E., B.A. .....394
R)'erson Family. .. ...... . .394
Sage, )1. J. ....... .. . .. 559
Salmon, George. . . .. .. .107
Salmon, Mrs. Martha ... .' .IOT
Sanderson, Mrs. Eliza ,1. .... .43(;
Sanderson, Herbert )1., D.D.S.. 599
Sanderson, ,\ illiam . . . ......436
S.mdhnm, Emma ........... .215
Sandham. .John ......... ., .21ã
Sankey. Mrs. AJ;lne :N. ....... 37
Sankey, Maj. Villiprs ....... 36
Savage, Mrs. )Iary J. . .465
Savage, Dr. Thomas Y. .405
Sawden, Thoma" ........... .629
I'adding, The Rev. Canon H.,
D.D. . . .................. 6
Scadding, Dr. H. Cra\\Íord .. .399
Scarlett, Ed" ard \\". .623
Scarlett, Robert A. . . . .625
::;cheibp, Charles . .. .4S0
Scl,eibe, )Irs. Susannah . .480
Schiller, Charles A. .........632
Schiller, :Mrs. :Mary . ., .632
Scholes, Mrs. Anna .J. ., .. .206
Scholes, Thomas E. .206
Scott. .Jame" ... . .4!JI
Scott, ,John . . .199
Scott, Katherine S. . .200
Scott. Stua rt, M.D. . i I
Scott
William T. ..... . .622
Secor, Mrs. Elizaheth A. .... .387
Secor. Cant. Joseph 1\1. .. .. .3ST
Sefton. Henry F. ......... " 31
Shanly, Francis, C.E. ........ 7
Sharpe.
rrs. .-\nn;e D. .4n3
Sh.upe. Henry F. .., .403
harple
. ('harle_ .172
8hR\\. James . .429
Shaw, .John . . . ....... .576
Shelton,
Irs. Emma . . . .198
Shelton. Thomas Y. . . . .197
Shepard. Mathew ........ . .5!\3
Shellherd, Dr. George. . .... .291
Sheplwrd, Mrs. Mar)'. . ., .292
Shields, Agnes .......... .. .262
Shields, Mrs. Elizabeth A. .. .249
Shields, Scott . . . . . .262
Shields, William R. . . .249
Shuter, Albert W. . . .597
Shuter. i\Irs, Hannah . .;;4S
Shuter, Joseph 'V. ., . .548
Rilver, Mrs. James . . . .442
Simmers, Hermann . . . .446
Simmers, J. A. . . . . .44:;
Simmons, John S. . . . . .049
Simpson, Mrs. Annie _ . . . .470
Simpson, George. . . . . . . .305
Simpson, Robert. . . . . .469
Simpson, Mr'>. Sarah .J. .....305
Sinclair, Daniel A., M.D., :!\I.R.
C.S.E. . . . . . ....., ... ..IR5
Sinclair, D. James. . .. . .263
Sinclair. ',Irs. Emma. . . . .609
Sinclair, Dr. .Jamcs A. . .On9
XII
IXDEX
PAGE.
inclair, John. . . . .580
Sinclair, John, Jr. . ....... .531
inclair, .:\Irs. Margaret . . . .580
Sinclair, Mrs. Margaret R. ...532
Skene, .Mrs. Eleanor E. ..... .386
Skene, James W. ........... 38G
Iattery, Mrs. Joanna....... .420
latterv,
Iichael . . ........ 420
Slemin; Mrs. Mary .652
Slemin, Robert. . . . . . . . . G32
mall. Barbara A. . . . .356
Small, Benjamin. . ........ .356
Small, Mrs. Catherine F. .... .579
mall, Daniel A. . ........... GlJ4
:'mall Familv . . . ........... 31
Small, )Irs. "Gertrude ........ 6lJ4
Small, John . . . ............ 31
Small, Dr. John T. .... . .578
Smith nroth{'rs. . . . . . .311
:-:mith. Da, id . . .. __ .. .. .656
Smith: Sir Frank. . . .........123
Smith. Fred W. . ...... __ . .. 311 .
Smith, George E., B.A.,
I.B. .582
Smith, )Irs. Hanna. ..... ...607
mith,
Irs. Isabella . . .609
Smith. .James (1830) . . . .615
Smith. .James (1844) . .468
:-:mith. .James L. ......... " G09
Smitl., .T. E. Berkele" . . . . H07
Smith, Jerry . . . .. - ....... (\01
Smith, John (lR31) .1fI4
Smith. .John (l81
) '. ..... .245
Smith. Louise F. ...........609
Smith, Mrs. Margaret ........245
Smith, )Irs. )Iargaret W. ....616
Smith. !\rB. Polly. . ... .4G9
Smith. Sidnev.. ...... .311
Smithson. \\"illiam.J ....... .4;;1î
Smuck, .J. Wallace. )i.D., C.
I. 300
Smyth,
Irs. Sarah H. .. . . . . . lî21
Smvth. William A.. . . . . . .621
Snårr. Georl!(' ...... .430
Snarr, )Irs. Harriet ........ .4
1
Snell. .-\rthllr E.. RA.. :M.B... 311!1
Somerville. Thomas . ...... .251
Sorlev.
Irs. Edith G. . G.j3
orlev, .Jame
R. . .. lî52
Sparrow. neorg{'. : .. . . Gil
Sparrow. .Jo
eph \\T. ....... .403
Spa rro\\, M r". Mary A. ...... 6il
Spears. .James V. . .........307
SpenN'.
rr
. Ellen.. " .. .58G
Jlence. (;{'orge S. ........... .5SG
SpilJ('r. (:{'orge ......... ....57.,
Spr.lgg o ,
-\rthur G. l\r. ...... 55
pragge.
Ir". Ellen E. . .10. 56
proule. Robert RoO B.A. " . .402
Srigley, l\Ir". )Iargaret J. ... .147
SrigJey. Dr.
('lson V. . .147
Starr. Charl{'s ..............222
Starr. Fr('d{'ric K. G., M.B. ...1155
Starr. Mordecai F. ........ .281)
St. Croix. William De ...... .324
St{'ele, Mrs. Harriet .........203
Stf-ele, .John S. ..............203
.. Stenhens, .John . . ...........549
Stpphen,>, William F. . . . . . lîlî8
Stephenson. Joseph. . . . . . . .285
:-:teward.
rrs. Luc,'. .. . . . . .125
tewarrl. William'R. ....... .125
Stewart, A. A.. D.D.S. ......596
Rte" art. Mrs. neorgianna .... ]07
Ste\\art, Mrs. Hplen ....... .474
St{'wart, Mrs. Isabella M. .., 551
te"'art, Jam('s '. .. .. .. ..474
I.
tewart, .John ..... . . 148
H,n Stewart. John H. .... ......á51
lIar;.. St
:"art. William H. .. . . .106
rglr.
es,
enry B. . .. . .1;73
\
,
PAGE.
Stiles, Mrs. Mary 1. . . . .373
Stitt Gladvs E. S. . . . . .582
Stitt, William ............ .582
Siobo, Mrs. MarKaret A. ..... .291
Stobo, Lieut. Robert H. ......29]
Stoek, Agnes. . . ........... .493
:-:tocJ.., Ednard. . . ......... .492
Stock, )liss Elizabeth...... .493
StoJ..es, )rrs. Eliza. . ........339
Stoke", .Iames C. ........... .339
Stone. Daniel ......... .523
Stoneham. J\Irs: Elizabeth J. . .324
toncham, William H. ......324
Stonn, Annie E. ........ ..208
St....rm. Thomas . . . ........ . .208
Shwder, John ..............635
Strange, )lrs. Elizabeth ..... .479
Strange, George W. ....... .478
Strathy, Mrs. Agnes S. ..... .525
Stra thy, l\Irs. Elvira ........240
Strathy, James B. ...... _ . .240
:-:trathv. .John A. .. . .. .. . .525
Strong, Mrs. Sarah A. ........583
Strong, William G. .. .... . .583
Stuart. Charles J. ......... .315
Stuart, Mrs. Henrietta ......315
Sullivan, )rrs. Henrietta ....6, 30
Snllivan, Robert,
I.A. ....... 29
Sullivan, Robert B. .......... 29
Summerville, Hugh. . . . .255
:-:ummen'iI!e. ")rrs. )[ary .....255
Sutcliffe,
Irs. Charlotte H. ..355
Sutcliffe, Joseph . ...........354
Sutherland. C'athprine .......568
Sutherland, Donald .........568
Snain, Mrs. Annie E. ....... .128
!;" ain. Richard . . ......... .128
Swalt's. Charles .............49"2
Swales, Mrs. Hannah . . . . .492
Sween{'v, Dr. Daniel J. ...... .591
S"itzer. .J. A. E. ...... ..373
Svk{'s. .James . . . ...........443
'k(.s;
amue!. . . ...... .236
S.\ J..e q ,
h'", S.\rah . . . .443
S,k{',>. \Y. .J. . ............. .391
Syh'ester, :!\Irs. Rebecca ..... .547
Svh'{'ster. \nlliam . . .547
S\mon
.
rr,>. Isabel ]2
Symons. John 12
Tait, Joscph . . ............. .1!J5
Tasker, Mrs. Ann. . ........ .237
Tasker, H{'nry . . ..... ......237
Taylor, 1Irs. Annie ........ .367
Taÿlor, (,harle,> \V. ..........220
Taylor, Geor
e.. ...........3lJG
Taylor, )Irs. He]{'n ...... . .393
Taylor, Mrs. Henrietta V. ....480
Taylor, Henry A. .. ........ .441
Taylor, .James H. ............350
Taylor, Mrs. Jane. . . . . . . . .453
Taylor, John A. ........... .392
Taylor, Mrs. Pauline.. ..... .221
Taylor, Thomas B. ......... .480
Teasdale, Anthony ......... .fi3G
Teasdale, Mrs. J\J
rion . ..,36
Tebbs,
[rs. Alice "". ......606
Tebbs, Theodore H. . . . . . . 60G
Telfer, :Mrs. Agnes. . " ..... ]60
Telfer. Andrew ........ .160
Tennant,
lrs. Agnes .........242
Tennant. David .............2-:2
Terrv. lÚr". Christine. . ..... .17\'
Terry, Edward . . . ...... 7.
Thayer, Frederick A. . .31î
Thayer, Mrs. Mary A. . . .3(J5
Thomas, Georg' . . . .449
Thoma", )frs. Rebecca. . . .449
PAGE.
Thomas, Mrs. Sarah A. (widow
of William J.) .105
Thomas. Mrs. Sarah A. (widow
of William) ............252
Thomas, William ........... .252
Thomas, \\"illiam J. ........ .105
Thompson. .John ........... .481
Thompsou, Co!. John T. .657
Thom..son, Robert.. .. " .. .482
Thompson. Thomas . . ...... 97
Thomson, \'\T. Colbome . .. .lJ42
Thorne, William H. . . . . .292
Todd. J. A., )I.D. . . . . . . . .187
Tolhurst. William .... ... .487
Tomlin, George ..............320
Tomlinson. .Joseph. . . ....... .449
Tompkins. William ..........640
Toms, )Irs. Annie E. ....... .467
Toms, Frederick . . . ........ .4ti6
Toplis, Charles S. C. " . . . . .404
Toplis, )Irs. Eliza A. . . . . . .404
TopD.
rrs. Man" E. . .. . .101
TOI)n. Dr. Richa1"l1 C. ....... .101
Torrance,
rrs. B. 1\1. ........565
Torrance, .J. A. ............ .564
Torrington. Dr. F. H. ....... .109
Town"ley, George H. ........ .443
Tonnsley, George S. ....... .575
Townslev. Mrs. Martha. . ....576
Toye. Bènjamin . . . . . .436
TrPIH.h. (;eorge . . . ". . . . . 321
Trench, )Irs. Mary E. ...... .321
Trenor, Daniel. .............252
Trenor, Margaret. . ........ .252
Tr{'nor, Maria. . . . .125
Tr{'nor, Peter. . . . .......... .12;'
TI'enor, Rose. ., . . . . . . . . . . .2.'í2
Trent, Edward . . . .......... 3G5
Trent. Helena . . . ........ .366
Tressiùer, James J. .. . . . .194
Tressider, Mrs. Sarah ....... .194
Trimble, James... ..........574
Trimble, Mrs. Matilda ....... 5i 4
Trolley, George. . .. . . . . . . .419
Turner, Andrew H. . .... .. .247
Turner Family . .. . . . . . . .. 22
Turner, Frank E. P. . . . " 22
Turner. Mrs. Mary. . . .248
Turp, Charles . . .,. .1136
Tyrwhitt, Mrs. Emma. . . 72
T.\"Twhitt, Co!. Richard, )LP. i2
Ulhrich. Charles. . . ........ .470
Pnderwood, )Irs. Chestina \"..582
Underwood. .Jame
E. " .... .582
Usher, Mrs. Elizabeth. 85
l'sher, John E. ........ 85
VaHary. Mrs. Agnes .. .419
VaHary. Francis . . .. .418
Vlin Camp. J. C. ...........!Wo
Van Zant Family. .........327
Van Zant. Garratt R. ........327
Vercoe. H('nrv L., M.D. ...... 95
Vercoe. Mrs. 'Phoebe .. . . . . .. .. 1)5
Verrall, Mrs. Clara T. 93
Wadsworth. 1[aj. Charlps . . . .237
\VagI!', .John . . . '" . . . . 666
Wal!'''tatf, Albert H. .........524
Wagstaff, David. . . .........471
Walker, Mrs. Agnes. . .......239
Walker, Mrs. Emily. . ...... .2f18
Walker, John . . ............ 297
Walker, John W. ........... .239
Walker, Lewis L. .......... .4lî4
Walker, Robert.. .... .......207
Walker Mrs. Sarah ........
Walker; Mrs. Sarah E. .... 4G4
IXDEX.
xiii
....
='6t.
. "'
PAGE.
Walker, Stewart ....... .6i1
\\allace, John. . .......... .584
Wallace, Mrs. Letitia ....,.. .58i
Walmsley, Thomas ... .... 52
Waiters, W. R.,1I.B. ........604
Walton, Jacob. . . .......... .127
Walton, Jesse :}I.. . . . . . . . . .128
Ward, Alfred. . ........345
Ward, Alfred R .,.. . . . . .28i
Ward, Charles H. .......... .637
Ward, :\Irs. Eliza beth J. ...... 346
Warù Family... ...........636
Ward, George. . . .. 00..... ..637
Ward, :\Irs. )Iary A. ....... .427
Ward, Thomas . . . ..........427
"'arne, Edward S. .......... .587
Warne, :\Irs. Elizabeth A. ....587
Warnica, )Irs. Annie Z. .. . .303
Warnica, Samuel". ....... .303
,,'aters, Alfred. . . ...... ., . . .413
Waters.
\1fred G. .......... .300
,,- aters, Mrs. _'lima ..........300
Waters, H. . . ............. .413
"-at
on, Albert D., :\I.D. .... .151
Watson, .James . . .' ..... .314
"abon, :\Irs. Jane . . . .. .5i4
Watson, 1'tergt.-)Iaj. John. .54i
\Yatson, )Irs. :iarah . . .......314
\\'att. Dr. Thomas H. ........669
\\ ebb.
\lfred. :\1.D. .. . . . . . . . ;)32
"'ebber, Augustus. ...... .380
Webber, )Irs. Eliza. ........ .380
"'ebber, John.. ............651
\Yebster, T. Shaw, )I.D. ..... .108
Wells Families. . . .3
4 4M
Wells, Henry G. ........ . '.45i
Wells. James.......... . .221
\Yells, Josephine, D.D.S. . ... .WI
Wells. Richard. . ........ .. . .334
\Yenman, Charles. . . ... ....51'\5
We-;Iey. J. H., )I.D. ......337
W
t, .John . . . .... 00 .. .330
We
t, )Irs. )Iarion . .... . .
31
"'e
twood. John. . . .553
"'hale, 'Irs. Arta . . . . .664
Whale. C1larle" C. ........... 6n4
" haley, John McL. ........ 00 634
"harin. William. . ........ .143
Wh!tcombe. 'Irs. )Iary ., .(\44
"1'ltcombe. "ïlliam .........644
White. 'Irs. Annie G. H. ..... 45
PAGE.
"'hire, Dr. John E. .......... 45
Whitehouse,
athaniel .... .1I8
Whitehouse, Mrs. Samh .1I8
\nÜttemore, )Irs. Anna L. .. . .3i3
Whittemore, Ezekiel F. .342
\Yhittemore Family . . ., ....343
"hittemorc, Francis B.. .. . .343
"ickens, Richard . . . . . . 149
"iddifield, A. E. . . . . .379
"iddifielù Families. . . .. .16, 379
Widdifield, Joseph H., )I.D.,
)I.P.P. . . . ............. 00 16
Widdifield, \\ iUmm C., B.A... 296
Widdifield, W. H. .......... .336
Wilds, )Irs. .Johanna. . . . . . .191
Wilds, Thomas. . . ......... .191
Wiley, James W. .. .........616
Wiley, Mrs. Susannah ........616
Wilkie, Thomas J.. ...... .123
Willard, Dr. E. F. ..........598
\\ïllard Family. . . .172
Willard, James C. . . 173
Willard, Dr. W. T. . . .173
\\ïllcock, Mrs. Charlotte - .569
Willcock, Mark. . . . ....... .569
Willcock, Samuel J. . . . . 25:J
\\illcock, Stephen ...........617
Willcocks, Mrs. Annie. . .....103
"ïllcocks, Dr. George .,. ... .103
Williams, Angus S. ........ .184
\\ i.li<Ul:
.
Irs. .-\nnie. .157
Williams, Benjamin. . -. .497
\\ illiams, George. . . . . . . .623
"ïlliams, .H. H. .............670
Williams, Richard S. (1834).. 46
"ilIiams, Richard S. (1874).. 68
Williams, Robert . . .........349
Williams, :!\Irs. Sarah . . ..... 46
"ï II son, Charles R. ..... ...398
"ïllson, '\Irs. )Iargaret. .. . .398
\\ïlson, Hon. Sir Adam .. . .140
Wilson, Mrs. Adelaide E. .... .512
Wilson, Co!. Augustus
.. .512
Wilson, Jacob . . ............633
Wilson, James.. ............641
Wilson, John 1. .............638
Wilson, John
on . . ........ .46i
"ïl
on, J. Wellington.. .:il2
Wilson, Lad"f" . . ... ....00142
Wilson, )l1"s: Lillie . . . . . .633
Wil
on, )Irs. Loui
a ....... .556
PAGE.
Wilson, )Irs. )Iinnie ....... .464
Wilson, 1Irs. Rachel. . .... .638
Wilson, Capt. William. . ... .556
Wilson, Dr. W. J. .........381
Windrum, Mrs. Sarah B. . .490
"ïnn, )Irs. Charlotte E. . ..397
Winn, Dr. Theophilus B. ... .396
Winslow, Albert. . . ....... .198
Winslow, Mrs. Mina E. ..... .198
Winstanley, Charles J. H. ....362
Winstanley Family. . ...... .362
Wishart, Dr. Da\id J. G .., .340
Withrow Family. .. ...:..... 30
Withrow, Rev. William H.,
:M.A., D.D., F.RS.C. . ..... 30
\Yood. Dr. I"abella S. . . . . . .398
Wood, John O. . ............. 51
Wood, J. R. ................299
Wood,
Ir". )Iary A. ......... 51
Wood, William R. ...........299
"oodcock. T. J... .. .. . .. .217
Woods, :\Irs. Emma L. .276
Woods. Thomas.. ...... ...276
Woodsworth, Rev. Richard ".. 657
Woolley. )Irs. Sarah . 573
Wool1e
. Thomas........... .572
Worthington, Mrs. Cnroline . . 87
Worthington. .James . . ...... 87
Wreggitt, James. . . ....... .193
Wreggitt, )Irs. Rachel . . ... .193
Wright, )Irs. Annie..... . .555
"ri
ht. C'halles F. . . . . .4.,9
Wright, Ed"in B. ...... .....165
"'right. l\Ir". Fannie R.. .66i
"-right. G{'orge W. V. .......664
,,'right. .James . . .......... .407
Wright, )Irs. Jane ...... . .407
Wright, Jesse G. .. ....... .357
Wright. .John (1847) .. .555
Wright, John (1836) .... ..556
"'right. )Ir,>. :\Iarv A. ...... .557
rfrig'lt, Thomas P. ......... .M5
Yate
. )11'''. Lillie. ......... .646
Young. Mrs.
\nnie . 73
Young, Archihald . . ........ i2
Young.
Irs. Eliza .T. . .30i
Young, 'Irs. Isabelle . .427
Young. James W. .. A27
Young, .John . . .. .303
Zimmerman, E. R, D.D$..... 6il
'-
BIOGRAPHICAL.
0""'. OK JOlI
)IACDO
ALD was
widely l,nown as the merchant
prince of Canada, and his
death, ,\ hich occurred in 1890,
removed from Toronto one of
her most honored and highly
esteemed citizens. He was born
in Pcrthshi.re. ::;cotland, in December, 1824, son
of .J ohn and Elizabeth (Nielson) ::\Iacdonald.
of Aberdeen, Scotland, the former of whom
came to Canada with the
inety-third High-
landers.
The Hon. .!\Ir. Macdonald was but a mere
lad when he came to British America. and he
received his education at Dalhousie College.
Halifax, and the Bay Street Academy, Toronto.
After leaving school he served two years as a
clerk with William Macdonald, and then re-
turned to Toronto and entered the mercantile
house of Walter McFarlane, on King street
east. In 18-17 he went to Jamaica in search of
a climate better suited to his health. and there
he remained one year. returning to Toronto in
1849, and in September of that year he opened
a retail dry goods store at No. 103 Y onge
street, which he operated three years, and then
engaged in the wholesale dry goods bUBiness
on Wellington street, opposite the modern firm
of John l\lacdonald & Co., meeting with excel-
lent success in all his ventures. Early in his
career he became known as the merchant prince
of Canada. and the firm of John "Macdonald &
Co., Lt.d.. of which he was the founder and exe-
cutive head, is known in every city and hamlet
in the Dominion.
In spite of his active interest in the mercan-
tile world, Mr. Macdonald found time for an
equally active participation in public affairs.
As an independent Liberal he was opposed to
the confederation of the Provinces, to com-
mercial union with the Fnited 8tat('s, and to
the national policy. In 1861 he was elected a
member of the Legislative Assembly, and he
held his seat until confederation. In 1R75 he
was returned to Parliament for ('entre Toron-
to. and in 1887 he was raised to the Senate by
the advice of his political opponent Sir John
A. Macdonald. TIe took great interest in edu-
I
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'j.
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cational matters, and for a number of years
was a member of the Toronto University Sen-
ate and of the high school board. In his reli-
gious belief he was a :Methodist, and he was
long a member of the executive committee of
the church and treasurer of the missionary so-
ciety. He was twice president of the Young
:Men's Christian Association Conference of On-
tario and Quebec, and he took a pronounced
interest. in the work of the Evangelical Alli-
ance, the Bible Society, the Temperance organ-
ization, and the Toronto Hospital, giving to the
last named institution $40,000.
lr. ::\Iacdon-
aId wrote two very 'interesting brochures.
one of which. "Busine.;;s
uccess," which was
formerly a lecture, was a practical address to
the young men of his warehouse. His career
is a striking instance of what 'energy and per-
severance comùined with integrity and upright-
ness may accomplish for a young man just
starting upon life's battle.
On
\.ug. 14, 1857, :Mr. :Macdonald was mar-
ried to :Miss Annie Alcorn. born
n Quebec,
Feb. 28, 1833, daughter of the late Samuel Al-
corn, who for many years was a wholesale
china and glass merchant of Quebec. To this
union were born the following children: .J ohn,
since his fatlwr's death president of Jolm
Macdonald & Co., Ltd.; J. Fraser; Duncan
l\IcG., vice-president of the company; Annie
E., ::\Irs. !lIont Gomerie Lewis, of Toronto:
Marion L.. Mrs. James ::\Iorrow. of Halifax;
Lucy E., Mrs. Dr. James Grant. of Victoria,
B.C.; Alexander, for some time master of lan-
guages in Fpper Canada College: Winnifred
.J., Mrs. II. G. Barrie. of China, where her hus.
band is missionary; Ethel A., Mrs. David l\Ic-
Killop, missionary to Jamaica; and Arthur
.,
unmarried, of the North-West Territory.
The following words from. Longfellow may
he fittingly applied to the life of Senator Mac-
donald:
If a star were quenched on high,
For ages would its light
Still tending downward from the sky
Shine on our morlJal sight;
So when a great man dies
For
ears beyond our ken
The light he leaves behind him
f'\hines on the paths of men.
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C01\I1\IE1IORATIVE BIO(3RAPIIICAL RECORD
CHRISTOPIIER ROBIK:SON, K.C., M.A.,
D. C. L., late of Toronto, was the unquestioned
leader of the Canadian Bar for many years
before his death, which occurred Oct. 31, 1905.
He was a member of a prominent pioneer fam-
ily of the County of York, being a son of the
late Sir John Beverley Robinson, Baronet,
Chief Justice of Upper Canada, a grandson of
Christopher Robinson, Esq., and a descendant
of Christopher Robinson, Esq., of Cleasby,
Yorkshire, England.
Christopher Robinson, Esq., crossed to Amer-
ica in the reign of Charles II., as military sec-
retary to Sir William Berkeley, governor of
Virginia, and he himself became, later, gover-
nor of that colony. His second son, John Rob-
inson, became president of the Council of Vir-
ginia, and one of the latter's descendants,
Christopher Robinson, was the grandfather of
the subject of this sketch. During the Ampri-
can Revolution, at the age of seventeen years,
he left college, obtained a commission as en-
sign in Col. Simcoe's regiment of Queen's Ran-
gers. which formed a part of Sir Henry Clin-
ton's army, and servèd in that regiment till
1783, when, with many other Loyalists, he mi-
grated to New Brunswick. While there he
married Esther, daughter of Rev. John Sayre.
Later 1\lr. Robinson removed to Upper Can-
ada, first settling in Kingston, where he re-
maine,d six years, during which period, in 1797,
lw was called to the Bar. In 1798 :Mr. Robin-
son removed with his family to Toronto, which
was then the town of York, and he died N ov.
2nd of that Yf'ar. lIe was elected a memlìer of
the first Parliament of Upper Canada. repre-
senting Lennox and Addington. .
John Beverley Robinson, his son, was born
July 26, 1791, receive.d his education under
Dr. Strachan, and entered as a student of law
in 1808. studying under the direction of Attor-
ney-General 1\'IcDonell. who was killed at the
Battle of Queenston Heights, Oct. 13. 1812. He
was twice el
cted treasurer of the Law Society
-1818-1821 and 1828-29. "'hile still a stu-
dent in 1812 he entered the militia service in
defence of the Crown, and served as lieutenant
in the York militia, being present at the capitu-
lation of Fort Detroit and the surrender of
Brigadier-General HuH. and at the battle of
Queenston Heights. and he was one of those
who escorted the American prisoners to King-
ston on their way to Quebec. On returning
from his country's service, and before being
actually called to the Bar, Mr. Robinson was
appointed acting n1torney general for Upper
Canada, Nov. 19, 1812. He was called to the
Bar in Novembpr. 1812. In 1815 he became
solicitor gCllPrnl. and in 1817 was permanently
appointed attorney general. In 1821 he enter-
ed the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, as
a member for the town of York, and served in
that body until Jan. 1, 1830, when he was sum-
moned to the Legislative Council, of which he
was appointed speaker, Jan. 2, 1830. On his
retirement from political life in July, 1829, he
was appointed to the position of Chief Justice
of the Queen's Bench, and it was in 1838 that
he passed the sentence of capital punishment
on William Lount and Peter Matthews for high
treason. In 1850 Sir John Robinson was ga-
zetted as Companion of the Bath of the United
Kingdom, and in 1854 was made a Baronet. III
1836 the University of Oxford conferred upon
him the degree of D. C. L. Retiring from thø
Queen's Bench in 1862, he was appointed pre-
siding judge of the Court of A ppeals on
March 18th of that year and held the position
until his death, which occurred Jan. 31, 1863,
in Toronto.
Sir John Beverley Robinson was married in
England in 1817, to Miss Emma Walker, of
England, by whom he had eight children, four
sons and four daughters, Christopher being
the sixth child and third son in the family.
Christopher Robinson was born in Toronto
Jan. 21, 1828, at Beverley House, where the
family have resided since 1817. He received
his early education at Upper Canada College,
and took his degree at King's College, now the
University of Toronto, after which he took up
the study of law. and in Trinity term, 1850,
was called to the Bar of Upper Canada. From
1850 to 1852 he travelled in Europe, and re-
turning to Toronto in the latter year, he at
once entered upon the practice of his profes-
sion, which he followed continuously until his
death. a period covering more than half a cen.
tury. In 1866 he formed a partnership with
1\lr. Henry 0 'Brien, K.C., and this association
continued throughout his life. On March 27,
1863, Mr. Robinson was made a Q.C. He was
standing counsel for the city from 1868. In
1856 he became reporter of the Court of
Queen's Bench, serving as such until 1872,
when he became the editor of the Ontario Law
Reports. lIe resigned from the latter posi-
tion in 1885, when he was appointed a Bencher
of the Law Society, remaining in that incum-
bency the rest of his life. In 1880, with the
assistance of the late Frank J. Joseph, he com.
pleted the preparation of a digest of all the
cases contained in the Ontario Reports from
their commencement. in 1822-" a work of im-
mense labor and invaluable to the profession."
Such is a brief resumé of the main facts in an
unusually brilliant legal career. Regarding the
particulars of that career, we can not do bet-
CO:JDIEJIORATIVE BIUGRAPHICAL RECORD
3
tel' than quote from a memorial published in
the Canada Law JOU7'lWl, edited by his close
friend and associate--Mr. Henry 0 'Brien.
"As was the fashion in those days, men de-
voted themselves to special circuits, and Mr.
Robinson chose the Western as his special field.
The leaders of this circuit were at that time
John Wilson, Q.C., n. C. R. Beecher, Q.C.. Al-
bert Prince, Q. C., and others. After the ele-
vation of :\11'. Wilson to the Bench, Christopher
Robinson took the leading place, being en-
gaged in nearly every ca:>e. Gradually, how-
ever, as his reputation increased, he devoted
himself more and more to special work, his
briefs being now largely confined to the Court
of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the Privy
Council; the rest of his time being occupied in
the preparation of opinions on important mat-
ters.
"Acknowledged leader of the Bar of his own
Province of Ontario, we think we may safely
say that he occupied the same position in refer-
ence to the Dominion. As such he was engaged
in some of the most interesting and important
leg-al en'nts which have taken place in this
country during the past thirty years. His re-
putation is also recognized in connection with
many important interests affecting the Empire
at large. .
":Mr. Robinson was in various important
matters the confidential counsellor of the Gov-
ernment of Canada, and the trusted representa-
tiye of it" interests in the gr'cat international
questions hereafter "referred to. His grasp of
the subject and lucid and skilful presentation
of the arguments in these matters were the ad-
miration of all concerned.
"It will now be of interest to refer to some
of the most important cases of a public char-
acter in which he was engaged.
"In 1868 the country was shocked by the
death of one of the brilliant men of the day,
the Hon. Thomas D'Arcy McGee. at the hands
of his assassin. Whelan. who, being convicted
of the murder, applied for a writ of error. 1\11'.
Robinson's successful argument for the Crown
in that case was a masterly effort, and was in-
dicative of his minute and thorough familiarity
with criminal law.
"In 1873 party politics ran high, and out of
this ferment grew the famous political suit of
the Queen vs. Wilkinson, the defendant being
the editor of a nf'wspapcr in which the serious
charge of political intriguing was made against
Senator Rimpson in connection with what was
known as tilt' 'Rig- Pn
h' h.tter. In connec-
tion with this the Hon. George Brown made a
violent attack in the Globe newspaper upon the
late Chief Justice Adam Wilson, then a puisne
judge of the Queen's Bench. An application
was thereupon made on behalf of Wilkinson,
to commit Mr. Brown for contempt of court.
Mr. Robinson and 1\11'. Henry O'Brien were
counsel for the applicant, 1\11'. Brown conduct-
ing his defence in person with his usual force
and courage, but repeating and emphasizing
and seeking to justify the libellous charges
made in his paper. The court was composed
of Chief Justice Harrison and Mr. Justice Mor-
rison, Mr. Justice Wilson taking no part. The
language used by Mr. Brown was held to be a
reckless and unjustifiable attack on a judge of
the court and a contempt of court; but, as the
judges who heard the case were divided in
opinion as to the action to be taken, the rule
was dropped. 1\11'. Robinson's magnificent
speech on this occasion will not be forgotten
by those who heard it.
"In 1884 1\11'. Robinson was counsel for the
Dominion Government in the arbitration with
1\1anitoba respecting the boundaries of that
Province, arguing the case' before the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Comicil. In the next
year he had a more serious task in connection
with the North-West Rebellion, as senior coun-
sel for the Crown, in the prosecution of Louis
Riel for high treason, which resulted in the
conviction and execution of that noted rebel.
There was an appeal from the verdict to the
Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba. The ver-
dict was sustained, and a subsequent appeal to
the Privy Council met the same fate.
"The most famous matters of Imperial in-
terest in which he has been engaged were the
Behring Sea Arbitration and the Alaska Boun-
dary dispute. In the former, in 1893, he repre-
sented the Dominion Government before the
arbitrators at Paris, his colleagues being Sir
Richard Webster, now Lord Alverstone, and
Sir Charles Russell, afterwards Chief Justice
of England. Amid the array of talent in this
important international arbitration, not the
least eonspicnou,> fig-ure was that of ...\'[1'. Chris-
topher Robinson. The London Times refers in
complimentary terms to his' brilliant speech at
the conclusion of the argument, in which he
summarized the whole case, reducing it to a
series of concise propositions, which, from the
British point of view, demonstrated the absur-
dit
- of the .\nH'ric>an Plaims.' For his sen"ices
in this case the learned counsel was offered
knighthood, which. however. for private rea-
sons. he declined. That he might have occu-
pied, had he so desired, the highest judicial
position in Canada goes without saying.
"In his last great case, the Alaska Boundary
dispute, he was on the same side with the great
leaders of the Bar in England, and pitted
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COM1\IEl\IORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
against the most brilliant advocates of the
United States. The intellectual gifts of 1\11'.
Robinson and his luminous masterly presenta-
tion of the British case evoked the highest
praises as well from the members of the Com-
mission as from his opponents and his con-
freres. It is unnecessary to speak of the many
minor cases that were also intrusted to him.
Suffice it to say that the same thoroughness
was given to them, and he never failed to win
distinction in all he undertook.
"The only public position which Mr. Robin-
son could be induced to accept was the Chan-
cellorship of the University of Trinity Col-
lege. In that capacity he urged and, through
his influence, accomplished the broad-minded
policy of federation with the University of
Toronto. As has been said by a leading daily
journal, 'How much his unique character and
influence contributed to this apparently impos-
sible accomplishment can scarcely be over esti-
mated. The feeling was that whatever so wise,
so disinterested and so sure a counsellor ad-
vised was something that could safely be done.'
"A great lawyer, a good man and a true
friend-he has gone from among us; and those
who were his associates at the Bar and in pri-
vate life seem, day by day, to miss him more
and more. But no one of his character and
gifts could live in vain. His name. and that of
his distinguished father, of whom he was a
worthy son, shed lustre on the pages of Can-
adian history, and his memory will long live
and be cherished by all true Canadians."
As to 1\11'. Robinson's personal character, it
may be judged from the statement of one fact
-that although he was a leader among leaders
he aroused no jealousies. In this he was in-
deed unique, but it was undoubtedly due in a
great degree to his modesty and lack of osten-
tation, for although he was one of the greatest
and most popular men of his day he never as-
sumcd privileges because of such distinction.
In his home and among his friends he was be-
loved of all for his gentleness and unselfishness,
and the high sense of honor which character-
ized him in all the relations of social or do-
mestic life, and it has been truly said of him.
"Everyone who knew him was the better for
being brought into contact with him." Though
of inflexible integrity, and firm in his stand
n
questions of right, he never forced his com,ic-
tions upon others, or made himself an offensive
partisan. He could fight for what he consider-
ed a worthy cause, but he usually prevailed by
the force of sound judgment and a personalit
,
that won its own way into the hearts and minds
of men. His record for absolute fairness was
so well established that his decisions were usu-
ally sustained on uppeaJ.
-\s a coul1sellol' he
was invaluable because he had the gift of see-
ing a question from both sides and applying
his legal knowledge accordingly. In fact his
astuteness in judging the position of his op-
ponents amounted almost to intuition. He was
not only learned, but practical, and his advice
frequently prevented tiresome and expensive
litigation. His sense of justice was so keen
that he not only argued his own side of a case
to the best of his ability but gave to the other
side every reasonable advantage, relying on the
merits of his case to win, with results that jus-
tified his course. To quote again from the me-
morial previously mentioned:
"Other features of his character have often
been spokm of and might be enlarged upon: a
marked absence of prejudice, so that he seemed
to approach a subject with an open and unbias-
ed mind, judging it on its merits and in its
relation to all attendant circumstances. In
business matters he was thorough, accurate,
and gave close attention to details. These val-
uable qualities, combined as they were with
great intellectual gifts and a well recognized
conciseness and clearness of expression, gave
him a commanding position in his profession.
His mental amI physical activity, and his inter-
est in and clear memory of, passing events, was
unimpaired by advancing years; and he con-
tinued to the end the same bright, cheery com-
panion and warm personal friend he had always
been. So swift and unexp()cted was his pass-
ing that although he had attained the ripe age
of seventy-se.ven years and was literally speak-
ing in harness till within a week of his death,
the remembrance of him will remain with us
as of one who retained to the last in a marked
degree the freshness and vigor of youth."
:Mr. Rohinson died :1t Beverley House Oct.
31, 1905, in his seventy-eighth year. The fun-
eral sel'vires. held at the Cathedral Chur('h of
St. James, were attended by the largest gath-
ering ever seen at the obsequies of a private
citizen in Toronto. He was buried in St. James
Cemetery. At the opening of the Divisional
Court of the High Court of Justice of Ontario
at Toronto, the day after Mr. Robinson's death.
lIon. Chief Justice Falconbridge, the presiding
judge, made the unusual departure of paying
him a trihute in a brief but eloquent speech. At
a special meeting of the council of the corpor-
ation of the city of Toronto, held for the pur-
pose, Nov. 3, 1905, resolutions of sympathy and
l'(.spect were passed by that body. The Can-
adian ClI1l/'chrnan expressed the loss sustained
by the Church of England and by Trinity Col-
lege in an eulogistic article.
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nIE)IORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
5
On July 2,1879, Mr. Robinson married Eliza-
beth, eldest daughter of the Ron. J. B. Plumb,
of Kiag:ara, at one time Speaker of the Senate,
and of this union were born four children, all
of whom survive: Christopher Charles, John
Beverley Duncan Strachan, and a daughter,
Christob
l. The family are connected with the
Anglican Church. 1\11'. Robinson was a Con-
servative by birth and conviction.
SIR OLIVER 1\10W AT. Among the many
distinguished men who have passed away after
having been prominently identified with On-
tario's interests for a more or less extended
period. there can be found no name more hon-
ored, nor personality more revered, than that
of the late Sir Oliver Mowat, late Lieutenant-
Governor of Ontario. the beloved Liberal
Premier.
Every incident of so respected and admired
a state<,man holds a measure of interest for those
who enjo)-ed his beneficent government for so
long, and to do justice to a life .and character
like. his, the historian. who preserves the annals
of history, must, while telling Ontario's story,
repeat that of Sir Oliver 1\1owat, who for twen-
ty-four years was so indissolubly linked with
it as Premier.
Sir Oliver 1\1owat was born at Kingston, July
2. 1820. son of John and Helen (Levack) Mo-
wat. The father was of the Mowats of Caith-
ness-shire, Scotland. and was a soldier who had
seen service under Wellington. His wife was
also of Caithness. They were married June 16,
1819, in l\Iontreal, by Rev. John Somerville,
Presbyterian mini"ter. driving to Kingston for
tlwi,' \\'('ddin
trip. wh,'re the husband had set-
tled. Oliver was the eldest of their five chil-
dren and evidently the parents recognized his
superior mental equipments, for they gave him
pxcellent educational advantages at private
schools, and he made suc'h procress that by the
time he was seventeen years of age. he was
ready to enter upon the study of law. His pre-
ceptor was a former schoolmate. who was five
years his senior. Hon. .J ohn A. Macdonald.
\Yhile a student here the country was con-
vulsed by the 1\1ackenzie Rebellion, and with
hoyish enthusiasm he was anxious to partici-
pate thus early in public affairs of moment.
\.fter almost four years of study at Kingston,
Mr. )fowat completed his course at Toronto,
and was called to the Bar in 1841, forming a
partnership with his latest preceptor, Robert
E. Burns, to which partnership other distin.
guished attorneys were admitted and subse-
quent changes made, but each year saw the
persistent, industrious. level-headed student
still farther ahead and nearer to the goal of
l
ueen's Counsel. which he attained Jan. 5, 1856.
.
From 1856 to 1859, Mr. Mowat served on
the commission appointed by Sir John A. Mac-
donald to consolidate the public general sta-
tutes of Canada and Upper Canada, respective-
ly, and he was also, at a subsequent period, a
commissioner for the consolidation of the sta-
ÌlItes of Ontario.
Admirably had he so far guided his political
career, but after 1856 it became of much more
importance. In this
ear he was electerl an
alderman in the city of Toronto, in 1857 he
was again elected to civic offire, and about the
same time he was elected a member of the
House of Assembly for South Ontario. His im-
portance continued to grow. and in 1858 he
was made Provincial Secre,tary to the Brown-
Dorian Administration after the fall of the
Macdonald-Cartier Government. In 1861 he
was re-elected fOI' South Ontario; in 1863, on the
formation of the Sandfield )Iacdonald-Dorian
Government, he was taken into the Cabinet as
Postmaster-General, a position he continued to
hold until the defeat of that Government.
In the coalition government then formed by
Sir E. P. Tache, he filled the same office from
June to November, 1864, when he was appoint-
ed Vice-Chancellor of Upper Canada and re-
tired to the Bench temporarily from the scene
of active politics. His services on the Bench
were no less notable than his labors as a min-
ister of the Crown. As a Judge he was grate-
flÙ both to the public and to the Bar, and he
acquitted himself with efficiency in every case
which came witlún his jurisdiction, and gain-
ed the reputation of being an ideal equity
judge.
Judge Mowat left the Bench in 1872, and
then, according to the opinion of his fellow
countrymen, began the greatest period of his
public career. It is nQt the province of this
sketch to review the political situation which
brought about the acceptance of the high posi-
tion which Judge 1\1owat adorned for the suc-
ceeding quarter century, sufficient to say that
on the 25th of October, 1872, as Premier, he
ïormed a new Cabinet and took the post of At-
torney General, which he held until his retire-
ment in 1896. In November, 1872, he sought
a seat in the Legislature from North Oxford.
and was returned ullopposed, and this seat he
also continued to represent as long as he re-
mained in the Provincial field. His political
career from this time forward was one of con-
tinued success, but it was won by many hard
fought battles with capable opponents.
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C01IMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
In addition to the political and other honors
w
ich the late Lieutenant-Governor enjoyed,
he was associated with a large number of so-
cieties and institutions. Formerly he was pre-
sident of the Canadian Institute; president of
the Evangelical Alliance of Ontario; and vice-
president of the Upper Canada Bible Society.
In 1897 he was plected honorable president of
the Canadian Bar Association. For many
years he was an active member of St. Jame;'
Square Presbyterian Church. In some way he
found time, in the intervals of his busy life, to
reflect on such serious matters as to bring forth
treatises on "Evidences of Christianity," and
"Christianity and Some of its Fruits." From
Queen's University in 1872 he received the
honorary degree of LL.D., and from Toronto
University in 1889. In 1887 he presided over
the Quebec Interprovincial Conference, and in
1893 over the great Liberal Convention at Ot-
tawa.
. In recognition of his eminent public services,
HI 1892 Queen Victoria created him a Knight
Commander of the most distinguished Order
of St. Michael and St. George, and in 1897, at
the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, he was promoted
to be a Knight Grand Cross of the same order.
In 1846 Sir Oliver 1\'[owat was married to
Jane, second daughter of the late Jolm Ewart.
of Toronto. In her he found a devoted. sympa-
thetic and appreciative companion. Rhe died,
after a long illness, March 13, 1893. Five chil-
dren survive, namely: Frederick, Sheriff of To-
ronto; Arthur, of Edmonton, Alberta; and Mrs.
C. R. W. Biggar, Mrs. Thomas Langton. and
:Miss :Mowat, all of Toronto.
Sir Oliver's younger brothe,r, the late Rev.
J. B. Mowat, of Queen's University, died in
1900. II. M.
Iowat, KC., Toronto, and J.
:l\Iacdonald 1\1owat, Kingston. are nephews.
Another brother of Sir Oliver, George 1\1owat,
a law practitioner with the late Sir AlexlUlder
Campbell, died in 1871, and a son of the lat-
ter, Joseph Mowat. is of the License Depart-
ment, Parliament building. Of Sir Oliver's
sisters, Mrs. John Fraser lives at Ottawa, the
mother of George L. B. Fraser, C.S.O., of the
Department of Justice. Sir Oliver's other sis-
ter, :Mrs. Duff, is widow of the late Lieut.-Col.
Duff, of King-ston. anrl llf'l' sons are: Capt.
G
orge 1\1. Duff, RE.. now in India; Surgeon
LIeut.-Co!. H. R. Duff. Kingston; and J. 1\'L
Duff, bank manager, Guelph.
After almost twenty-four years of continu-
ous service as Premier of the Province, Sir Oli-
ver :Mowat severed his connection with the On-
tario GDvernmcnt, and accepted the invitation
of Sir Wilfrid Laurier to join him in the Fed-
eral field, and became 1\Iini<;ter of Justice in
the Lanrier Cabinet. He remained, however,
but little more than a year in Fe<1eral politics.
In November, 1897, the Lieutenant-Governor-
ship becoming vacant, on the 18th of that
month, Sir Oliver :Mowat was appointed to that
position, a fitiing reward for long continued
public services.
The aged statesman passed away on April
19, 1903.
TIlE REV. CANO
HENRY SCADDING,
D.D., was the son of John Scadding, of De-
vonshire, England, factor to :l\Iajor General
(afterwards Governor) Simcoe, who came to
Canada in 1793. His father, after receiving a
large tract of land on the eastern side of the
Don, went back to England in 1796.
Dr. Scadding was born in Dunkeswell, De.
vonshire, in 1813. In 1821 he came to his peo-
ple in Canada, wllither they had returned. Dr.
Scadding was the head boy in Upper Canada
College in the first year of its existence, 1830,
and in 1833 won the King's Scholarship, which
entitled him to a free course at an English uni-
versity. He went to St. John's College, Cam-
bridge, where the late Dean Grasett was finish-
ing his academic course. He took his B.A. de-
gree in 1837, returning to Canada that sallie
year. The day after landing in Quebec he was
ordained by the Bishop of that Diocese. After
spending some months in the family of Sir
.John f'olborne, as tutor to his sons until the
latter returned to England, he came to Upper
Canada in 1838, when he received his appoint-
ment as Classical Master in Upper Canada Col-
leg'e, and was also appointed to a CUraC;\T at St.
James Cathedral. He was made the first rector
of Holy Trinity (;hurch, in Toronto, Oct. 27,
1847. In 1840 he took his l\I.A. dpgl'ee, in lR52
that of D.D. Cantah.. and in 1867 that of D.D.
Oxon. (comitatis causa). He was made a Can-
on of the St. James Cathedral in the year 1867.
Dr. Scadding- wrote "Toronto of Old," and
many historical papers of very great interest.
and he was known as the Historiographer of
York. From 1870 to 1876 he was president of
the Canadian Institute. and was the first presi-
dent of the York Pioneers. He was remark-
able not only for his great grasp of every sub-
ject, but for his gentleness and kindness of
disposition. and he was loved by pveryone who
knew him.
In 1841 Dr. Scadding married Harriet Bald-
win, daughter of John Spread Baldwin (father
of the present Bishop of Huron, and of the
Rev. Arthur H. Baldwin, rector of All Saints'
Church), and by hpr he had one daughter, now
Mrs. Rubert Sullivan.
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Dr. Scadding passed away in the quaint
borne "hich he had built fOJ' himself, ilnd which
be beque
1Ì]wd to the Parish of Holy 'rrinity, on
the 6th day of }[ay, 1901, in his eighty-eighth
year. The funeral took place at3 o'clock in
the afternoon of Thursday, May 9th, 1901, the
church being appropriately draped for the oc-
casion. The services were conducted by the
rector, the Rev. John Pearson, D.C.L., assisted
by the Rev. Canon Sanson, of Trinity Church,
the oldpst clergyman of the church in the Dio-
cese. The church was filled with representa-
tive men from every walk of life, while the
York Pioneers attended in a body. The ser-
vices at St. James' cemetery were made unus-
ually impressive by the attendance of the full
surp]iced choir and the singing of some beau-
tiful and appropriate hymns.
HOX. JA)IES P ATTO:'J, who died in Toron-
to in 1889, was born in Prescott, Ont., in 1824,
the youngest son of Major Andrew and Eliza-
beth (Simpson) Patton, both of London, Eng-
lanel. Major Andrew Patton was a son of Co1.
Andrew Patton, for many years in Her Majes-
ty's service.
l\1ajor Andrew Patton was the founder of
the family in Canada, settling on the Bay of
Quinte, where he owned a large tract of land,
and where for many :rears he led a retired life.
He later removed to Prescott, where he died.
His widow dic>d in Cornwall. Five children
were born to them:
L\.ndrew, Henry, John, Ann
and James.
James Patton was educated at the Upper
Canada College. which institution he enter.eJ
when he was seven years of age, being the
youngest student to enter the school up to that
time. At the age of sixteen years he entered
the office of Hilliard & Cameron. where he read
law. and in duf' time was called to the Bal'. He
became one of the leading barristers of On-
tario. and a prominent public man. On com-
pleting his. studies Mr. Patton settled at Bar-
rie, being one of the first lawyers of that place.
From Barrie he came to Toronto, and was at
the head of a law firm which also included
amon
its members l\Ir. Os] 1'1'. and which firm
contillllPd a numb!'r of years, when Mr. Patton
went to Kingston and became connected with
the finn of ::\[flcdonald & Patton. Sir .John Mac-
donald being his partner. After spending
about ten years in Kingston the finn removed
to Toronto. and were solicitors for the Trusts
& J
oan Company for about fifteen years, after
which ::\[1'. Patton was manager for the Scottish
Loan Society for a short time. During the
time in which Mr. Patton had been prominent
in business and in the legal profession, he had
filled many important public positions, viz.:
Vice-chancellor of the University of Toronto,
member of the Dominion Senate, solicitor gen-
eral and collector of customs at Toronto, which
latter position he held at the time of his death.
In 1854: the Hon. James Patton married Miss
Martha Mariette Hooker, born in Prescott, May
23, 1829, daughter of Alfred and Elvira (War-
neI') Hooker. Mrs. Hooker's father was Col-
onel Warner, of the English army, and fought
in the American Revolution. Alfred Hooker
was the founder of that family in Canada, and
for many years was in the forwarding business
at Prescott, where he died. He had two chil-
dren. Mrs. Patton and :Mrs. Brodhead. the lat-
ter def'eflsed. The Bon. Mr. Patton left one
daughter. Helen Louise, now Mrs. .William
Clark. who resider" with her mother at
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Bewrlp,\' strf'et. 'Toronto.
Mr. Patton was a prominent Conservative.
and besides being a law partner to Sir John
:Macdonald was one of that gentleman's most
intimate friends. In religion he was connected
with the Church of England, to which faith
his widow and daughter also adhere. Frater-
nally he was a Mason.
FRANCIS SHA1\'LY, C.E., who passed awa,ý'
wry suddenl,\' "hill' journeying from Toronto to
Ottawa, Sept. 13. 1882. was a man of interna-
tional reputation as a civil engineer. A mem-
ber of an Irish family of Celtic origin, dating
back to very early times, and one of the pioneer
families of Western Ontario, Mr. Shanly was
born at "The Abbey," Queen's County, Ire-
land. Oct. 29, 1820. the seventh son of James
Shanly (a member of the Irish Bar) and Fran-
ce.s Elizabeth Mulvaney. his wife. The family
emigrated to Canada in 1836, and finally set-
tled at "'l'horndnle." County Middlf'sex, where
our subject's father lived retired untii his
death in 1857. at the age of seventy-eight years.
He was a direct descendant of the Shanly who
represented Jamestown. County Leitrim, in
the" Patriot Parliament" of 1689, the last Par-
liament of Ireland.
Francis Shanly was educated by private tui-
tion in Ireland and about the year 184:6 he be-
gan to engage in civil engineering in company
with his brother WaIter, their early work in
this line being undertaken in the States of
Pennsylvania and New York, with a view to
fitting themselves for the railway era "\"
pt to
open in Canada. In 1852 they were associated
in the constr'uetion of the" Toronto and Guelph
Rflilway." afterwflrd ineorporatecl into the
(jrand Trunk Railway System. The brothers
also successfully carried through the construc-
tion of the Hoosac Tunnel, in the State of 1[as-
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sachusetts. after many failures on the part of
American engineers to cope with the undertak-
ing, which at the time of its completion ranked
next to the Mont Cenis tunnel as a feat of engi-
neering skill. In 1860 1\11'. Shanly settled de-
finitely in Toronto, and was engaged in various
undertakings in both Canada and the United
States, amongst others the rebuilding of the
Northern Railway, the construction of the To-
ronto, Grey and Bruce Railway, etc. From
1875 to 1880 he was engineer for the city of
Toronto, and in the latter year he was appoint-
ed chief engineer of the Intercolonial Railway,
and was engaged upon the adjustment of claims
against the government, growing out of t.he
contract<; of that railway, at the time of his
death.
\11'....
hallly. who survives her husband, re-
sides at No. 15 Wilcox street, Toronto, and was
)'[iss Louisa Saunders, daughter of the late
Thomas Saunders and Lucy Anne Willcocks,
his wife. Mr. Saunders was born in Bucking-
hamshire, England, in 17
5, his wife at Chapel-
izod, near Dublin, Ireland, in 1803. They came
to Canadë 1 in 18:n and set.tled near Guelph,
where their home, "\V oodlands, " one of the
ideal rural homes of Canada, was situated.
1\11'. Saunders was the first clerk of the peaCè
of the County of Wellington, which position
he held until his death, in 1873. He was a col-
onel of militia and took an active part during
the troublous times in 1837. His widow died
in Guelph in 1877. Of the family of Francis
hanly and hi" "ife. one son, Coote Nisbitt,
formerl
' Adjutant of the Royal Grenadiers,
and now !;enior paymastf'r of the \Yestern On-
t.ario Command, and four daughters survive.
Mr. Shanly was a Con<;ervative in politics, a
member of the Church of England, and in early
life was connected with the Masonic order. A
man of singularly quick pprceptions, of very
ready resource and grpat holdness in thp face
of ph
'si('al difficulties, h(' was a natllrally en-
dowed engineer. Untiring energy. a singular-
ly high standpoint in regard to whatever he
busied himself with, great integrity and that
finp sensl' of honolll' which would fef'l a stain
like a wound, were also among his characteris-
tics. A recent writer, referring to the group
of eminent Canadian engineers of earlier days,
which included th(' Shanly hrothers. savs: "A
very noticeable characteristic of these
en was
'''
;t' }l;o-h estimate of the dignity of their call-
ing. Each seemed to be thoroughly impressed
with the idea that a civil engineer must also
he a gentl('man and a scholar. It will be a for-
tunate thing for Canada if her great practical
science institutions keep her constantly sup-
pliprl with men of their stamp."
THE HON. JOSEPH CURRAN MORRISON
(deceased) was born in the South of Ireland
Aug. 20, 1816, to which country his father,
Hugh l\Iorrison, had removed from Sutherland-
shire, Scotland, where he had been born. Dur-
ing Judge l\Iorrison's life he claimed his
Scotch descent, and was a member of St. An-
drew's Socipty; hut he did not, however, disclaim
his native Ireland, and was proud of the fact
that his early education was received within
the walls of the Royal Belfast Institution.
Judge Morrison was still a boy when his
father settled at York (Toronto), Ont., and he
continued his education at the Upper Canada
College. Mter graduating therefrom he took
up the, study of law, under the direction of
Mr. Simon .Washburn, a local practitioner of
that time. Among his fellow students at law
was the late Chancellor Blake. He was admit-
ted a student by the Law Society in Hilary
Term, -! \Villiam IV., in 1834, and was admit-
ted to the Bar. as the books show, in Easter
Term, 2 Victoria, 183
. On graduation, Mr.
Morrison and 1\11'. Blake (Chancellor) formed
a partnership, which continued until Mr.
Blake's elevation to the Bench in 1846. In 1843
Mr. l\Iorrison became clerk of the executive
council, his duties being those of the clerk of
the old Court of Error and Appeal, composed
of the Lieutenant-Governor and members of the
council. Judge Morrison was a Reformer of
the School of Reform as it existed at that time,
and was a great friend of the Honorable Rob-
ert Baldwin, the then recognized leader of the
Reform party. In 1848 )11'. Morrison was the
Reform candidate for Parliament for the west
riding of York. He was returned as a sup-
porter of th
Baldwin-Lafontaine administra-
tion. and sat in Parliament until 1851. On June
2. 18j3, he became solicitor general for Up-
per Canada, and was returned in 1854. On
)Iay 24. 1856, he became receiver. general in
the Tache-l\lacdonald administrati(,n. and also
a memher of the Board of Railway Commis-
sioners. In Augu!';t. of the same year, he was
again returned to Parliament. It was about
this time that the Baldwin Reformprs had
largely merged with the Conservati, e party,
owing to their divergence from the "Clear
Grits." In this year also Judge Morrison was
a member of the commission for revising the
Statutes of Lpper Canada. He was a strong
advocate of the building of the old Ontario,
Simcoe & Huron (now the Northern) Railway,
the first sod of which was turned by Lady El-
gin, Oct. 15, 18j1. He was for some years pre-
sident of the first board of directors of this
road. In 18.')9 he was appointed registrar of
the city of Toronto. but this he resigned in
,
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1060, being appointed solicitor general by the
Cartier- :I\Iacdonald government.
On :March 19, 1863, :Mr. Morrison was ap-
pointed Puisn.:: Judge of the Common Pleas,
and on Aug. 24, 1863, was transferred to the
Queen's Bench, whence on Nov. 30, 1877, he
was appointed Judge of the Court of Appeal.
Judge :Morrison was a lover of art, and adorn-
ed his home, "Woodlawn," with pictures of
the masters. He also had great taste for hor-
ticulture, his conservatory being one of the
finest in Toronto.
Judge :Morrison passed away at his home
Dec. 6, 1885. His reputation throughout On-
tario was an enviable one. Full of charity and
thought for others, he had hosts of friends in
every community, while his sound judgment
and sterling character won him a place in the
front rank of men of refinement and education.
Judge Joseph Curran l\Iorrison married Eli-
zabeth Bloor, daughter of Joseph Bloor, a pio-
neer of Toronto, and to this union the follow-
ing children were born: Emmeline, Mrs. James
Oliver Buchanan, of No. 186 St. George street;
Elizabeth, widow of Dr. James Buchanan Bald-
win; Mary, widow of the late Hon. A. S. Har-
dy ; Joseph. of the N orth- West; James B., a
business man, of Detroit, Michigan; and Angus,
dpceased.
JAMES BUCHANAN BALDWIN, M.D.. of
Toronto, was one of the most prominent mili-
tary men of Ontario, and a member of one of
the pioneer families of the County of York.
The Doctor was a son of the late William Au-
gustus Baldwin, whose sketch appears else-
where. and to which the reader is referred for
the early history of the Baldwin family.
Dr. James Buchanan Baldwin was born in
Toronto July 14, 1839, and died in his native
city May 30, 1897. He was educated at the
Upper Canada College, after which he com-
pleted his medical course at the Trinity Medi-
cal College. In 1876 he was graduated with
the degree of :M.D., and at once engaged in
the general practice of his profession. He took
great interest in military matters, and the great
part of his active life was spent in the practice
of his profession in connection with the militia.
About 1860 Dr. Baldwin joined the Oak Ridge
Cavalry; later he became a member of the
(
overnor-neI1l'ral's hod
guard. and then be-
came surgeon of the Second Dragoons. With
this company he was identified many years
prior to his death. The Doctor served in the
Fenian Raid and in the rebellion in the North-
West. The Doctor was a member of the
Church of England in religion, a pronounced
Conservative in politics, and in fraternal cir-
cl
s was connected with the Masonic order.
On JlUle 4, 18ï3, Dr. James BuehallJan
Baldwin was united in marriage with l\Iiss
Elizabeth
IOl'rison. daughter of the late Judge
Joseph Curran :Morrison, and to this union
were born two sons, Kenneth Joseph and Car-
lisle James Buchanan, and two daughters who
died when quite young.
lIOX. D"\ VID REESOR, who departed this
]ife in April. 1902, was one of the best hnown
men, not only in his own county, York, but in
the legislative halls of Canada, where he helped
to dircct the course of affairs in the sixties.
He was a man of the strictest integrity, an
earnest Christian, and one who carried his
principles into every field of action. whpther
in private or public life. Senator Reesor was
a native of
Iarkham township, County of
York, a ;;on of Abraham Reesor.
Christian Reesor, the great-grandfather of
our subject, settled in Lancaster County. Penn-
s.dvania, in 1737. His son, Christian. emigrated
thf'nep in Hì01, aCCQInpanied hy his :>un Abra-
llal'1, and thereafter they made their home in
:\1&
l,ham Ìl>\\"nship. County York. "here twen-
ty-'rn-o years later, Jan. 18. 1823. David Heesor
,,'as bOJ'n. His mother's maiden name was Anna
Detwiler, and she was a native of Pennsyl-
\ ania. She> died in the County of York in 1857,
hIt Abraham Reesor pass(
l away when h!s son
,,<IS but si"
'('al's old. The boy grew up in
\Iarkham to"nship, attpnding thf' local i'whools.
an education that was afterward supplenll'nted
hy three years' instruction from a compctent
1 eacher.
D:n-id Reesor began the battle of life on his
father's farm. but he soon drifted from rural
pursuits into mcrcantile life, and then into
manufacturing. In 1856 he went into journal-
i"tic work. for he "a'" a man not merely of busi-
lIe
s ability but of gf>nuine inteUef'tl1íJI strength.
1 Ienpf>. "hpn he lwgan puhlishing his journal.
known as the lIlarkham Econom.ist, of strong Re-
form proeli,'ities. it was only natural that he
should he mO'it <;uecessful. He continucd to
edit the paper until 1868, when he sold out.
)ieantime his participation in the guidance of
public affairs had long been going on, for his
polit.ical career began in 1848, when he was ap-
pointed a magistrate. In lS:íO, when York, Pel'l
and Ontario COlmtips were united. 1\11'. Reesor
hecamf> a member of the county council and tell
'('ars later was made warden. Pr03viousi:v. in
1854, he had been appointed return!ng I)ffi.cer
for the East Riding of Y {Irk. One line in which
:'\Ir. Reesor was particularly interested was
education. and l\'Iarkham Township 0" es its fin.
[:rammar school mainly to his efforts. In 1860
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hpgan his participation in Dominion affairs, :1S
in that year he was made representativ p for
Kings Division in the Legislative Council of Can-
Ida, a po,>ition he held until the Federation of
l'rovinces in 1867. On Oct. 23, 1867, he was
calleJ to t.he Senate by Royal Proclamation. It
had always been his belief that senators should
bt' elected, not appointed, and he soon intro-
duced a resolution to that effect in th
legislatin
council, hut it was defeated. In 18ï6 Senator
Reesor retired from public life, and settling in
Hosec1ale, Xorth Toronto, lived ther(' quietly
until his death in 19m. lIe was largely instru-
mental in the building of the Nipissing Rail-
road. now the Midhmd branch of the Grand
Trunk Railroad.
Senator R
esor, as h8.'> bcpn mentioned, was au
earncst Christian. lIe was a memher of the
Methodist Church, and gave generou!'ly of hi<;
time, strength and money to support the Vdl'ious
department,> of work in that body. He was also
for many years president of the Markham Bible
Society. He was a man of unusual f'trength of
charact.er, and of an uprightness and probity,
,\hich made him a worthy example to rolL
In February, 1847, Mr. Reesor was unih'd iu
ptarriage to i\[iss Emily l\
cDougaJl. eldest
daughter of Daniel l\I(' Dougall. of SL l\Iary's,
f.nd sistcr of the late Hon. William l\IcDougal:,
c.B., of Ottawa. To this uuion five children
,\'erc born: (1) \u:;:-ustus bef'ame the wife of
William Coburn, )LD., of Oshawa, by whom she
had four children, namel
-: J. II.. H barriste
'
of "'alkerviUe, Ont., who married 1\1iss Carrie
LW'Ih. and has a daughter, Margaret: :ì.\Iarion,
wife of Eugene Smith, ::n.D., of Clevpb.ncl.
Ohio, and mother of one son, Donald; 'V. A., of
the lmpprial Bank; and
ellie. at h0me. (2)
,h,ssie Adelaide is the widow of John Holwes,
\\ ho dipd in Australia, leaving three children.
Emily, TJouise anrl A. Bertram. (3) Annetta re-
!'.ide,> in IIamiJtf\n. unmarried. (4) Mrs. rr. R
tinson residps in Rosedale. (5) W D.. of th
North-West. Tcrritory, m:1rried 1\1iss Alic('
Iof-
fatt. and ha,> four sons, Bruce, Frank, Harry
and Colby.
Mrs. Emily Reesor, who survives her hu
ll
md,
was born in County York, Jan. 25.. 1824. She
was a granddaughter of ,John )'lcDougall, of
Scotland, who came to Canada. It is said that
his son, Daniel. Mrs. Reesor's fathet-. w'ho was
horn in what is now Toronto, in 17
f>, was the
first white child horn there. Mr. Panirl 1'Ic.
Doug-an hecame a farmer and lived for many
years in York township. bnt dierl in St. l\farv's.
His wife was a !\Jiss Hannah
Tatthews, horn at
St. Andrews in 180=>. She died in 18S9, ninet.een
years nftcr her husband's <<lemise. 'fhey were
J('thodists in their religiou", faith. Fifteen í'hil-
dren were born to them and three are still living.
namely: 1\1rs. Reesor, Horace, and Mrs. H. A.
J ones, all of Toronto.
RON. JOHN HILLY.-\.RD CA
IERON, l\I.P.,
for numy years the leader of the Ontario Bar,
meml"'r of Parliament and Attorney-npneral of
Canada, was horn at Blandigne, France, April
14, 1817, son of Angus Cameron, of the 79th
Cameron Highlanders. and founder of this
l.o1'anch of the Cameron family in Cam
da. The
other children in the family of Angus Cameron
were: Alan; Samuel Hillyard, deceased; Robe!'t,
a lieutenant in the 63rd Regiment. who died in
India; Ann, widow of Co1. Robert :Muter, com.
mander of the Canadian Rifles; and Elimheth,
wife of Dr. Joseph Clarke, of Englan-l.
John H. Cameron was but a lad whf'n his plll'-
ents came to Canada. and he received his educa.
tion at the Upper Canada College. He prepare::!
t.o become a barrister in Toronto, in which city
he was engaged in the practice of his profession.
In this he rapidly rose until he became the: aä-
llowlcdged leader of the Ontario Bar. In 184i
he became Solicitor-General of ('anad e ). nt> was
a member of Parliament from Counties Corn-
wall and Peel, ably discharging th.. dut.j('<; of
that office for many years. HI' was also chan-
cellor of Trinity College. Toronto, for many
years and l111til his death and in every respect
was a Ipader in his profession.
Mr. Cameron was twice married. his first wife
being Mrs. Elizabeth Bouton, anù to this union
was born one son, Co1. Hillyard Henry Angus
C:.imeron, of England, who married Mary Fer-
guson, and had six children, Arthur, Elsie,
Blanch, Mand, Mary, and George. l\Irs. Cam-
eron died April 20, 1844, and one June 28, IB49.
1\11'. Cameron married l\1Ïss Ellen l\Iadelinl
de
Bernier l\Iallett,
langhter of Edward J. l\Ial-
ll'tt., a French Huguenot. To this union "ere
ùorn: Captain Alan, of South Africll, a retired
(amy officer, who married Florence de la Garde
Grissell, and has three children, Hillyard, Alan
and J rene; 1\lrs. Arthur Spra!rge, mentionecl else-
where; aDd Madeline, who married Cot '1'. D.
Foster, of England, and has one survivin
son.
Douglas.
Thf' Hon. .John H. Cameron died No\'. 13,
1876, and at the request of the Law Society, ()f
,'.-hich he had long heen treasurer, he ,,'as hur'it'd
from Osgoode Hall. TIe was a member or the
('hurch of England. In politics he was a strong
Com;erva11ve, and in his fraternal affiliations
an OraI1!!eman and grand mastf'r tht:>rein. 'Mrs.
('ameron survives and makrs l)er home in To-
ronto.
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FRAXK )1ADII,L, l\I.A., l\I.P.P., M.P. (de-
ceased), who passed away at Beaverton, Ont.,
Oct. 23, 18U3, was a highly-esteemed barrister
and one of the well-known public men of Can-
ada for many years. 1\11'. :\1adill was born in
Scott township. in the County of OntBrio, Kov.
23, 1852, son of Henry Madill, who manied
Eliza Quinn. Henry Madill was born in the
Korth of Ireland. and about 1840 settled in
)Iarkham township. York County. Ont., but
soon thereafter went to Scott township, where he
engaged in farming for some years. until his
retirement.
Frank l\Iadill earl
' manifested great intel-
lectual ability. His early training" as received
in the high school at Uxbridge, and at the age of
thirteen years he held a second-class certifi('ate
for teaching. Having completed the course at
Uxbridge he entm'ed the ünivrrsit
, of Toronto,
and in 18ì6 was caUed to the Bar. He at once
settled at BeaYerton, where he became a leading
hë1rri<;ter and where he practised for about ten
year!':. Meant.ime, in 1882, he was electpd to the
Ontario Legislature, where he served for two
'ears, being "Conservative ""hip." and the
youngest member of the House. On hi<: retire-
llwnt from the local house he was I>r('sen
d a
gold-head('d cane. an opponent remarking, ' . You
can have this cane with which to walk out of the
House. " 1\11'. :\1adill's career was just begin-
ning, and he went to t.he Dominion House. where
for ten years liP represented the North Riding
of Ontario County ably and efficiently. Mr.
)1aùill was an accompli<;hed scholar. an able
barri<:tpr, and a le:1dcr of the Conservative party
in Ontario. He was a promin('nt Freemason,
and also belonged to the I. O. O. F. and the
Knighh, of Pythias. being a past chancellor in
thf' last named organization.
In 1886 :Mr. Madill married :Miss Florf'llce
Young, who was born at Columbus, Ont., daugh-
tf'r of C. T. Young, for many years a well-
1:nown woolen mamifactnrer of Beavf'rton anrl
Port Perry. He was for some time Ii member
of the council at Beaverton, and was reev
of
that place. ::\fr. Yonng was horn in Canada in
j84-1, and married Patience ì\IcKenzi,'. who was
born in 1840. They still rpside at Beaverton.
'I'hey had a family of six children. of whom Mrs.
l\fadill WfI<; the eìdest.
To )11'. Imd ÌIlrs. "!\'r[1(liH three chiMrf'n were
horn, of whom the eldest, Frank. died in infaney.
Enill and Ralph 1\L are now attending s('hool in
'I'oronto. wherf' their widowed mother nOw makp<:
hpr home. She is a Prf'sb
.tcrian in relidon,
and 1\f r. l\f adill also adhf'red to that faith.
SE
ATOR ROBERT .JAFFRAY. one of the
Hlost prominent business men of the city of 'l'n-
ronto, Ont.., and an honored member of the Do-
minion Senate, is a native of Bannockburn,
cot-
land. born in 1832, son of William anrl1\1m'garet
\.lIeugh) Jaffray, natives of that country.
William J affray was for many years engaged
extensively in the manufacture of nailE, in Scot.
land, eIllplo
'ing about forty .m\:'n in this indus-
try before the invention of nail makin:.r ma-
chinery, each nail having to be made by hand.
In later veal'S howpver, he engaged in agricul-
tural pu
suits' and became an extensive farlllp.r.
"\Yilliam J affrav married )IarQ"aret IT eugh, and
to them wcrf' Ì)orn children is follows: Janet,
who married J. B. Smith, for many year..; a
'H.II-knm, n business man of Toronto: Ro]wr!;
.Alexander. ,,'ho is bursar at the Central Prison,
Toronto; John. "
ilIiam. and 'I'homas. of l\Iani-
tolm; JameR, on the old farm in Scotland; and
George, deceased.
Robert J affray received his litera1'\ training
in his native cO
llltry. and in Edinbu
gh
er"ed
his time to the grocery business. On settling
in Toronto in 1832 he engaged with his brother-
in-law, the late .J. R. Smith, "ho wa<; in the gro-
cery bu!'inrss on Y onge street. later heeame :\[1'.
mith'" partner, and sub<:rquently ;;u('cee(\l.d to
his interest in the business, which he continued
until 1880. During his fifty-four years' resi-
dence in Toronto Senator J affray has been iden-
tified with many If'adinO' business enterprise;;; of
the city and to
daY is c
nnef'ted with more than
" ,
a score of largf' imlnstries, f'ither as offif'ial,
stof'kholder or dil'ertor. In 1880 hr hecame a
director of the Olobe Pl'inting Company, and
since 1888 has been its honOlwl presktent. He
WRS a director in the Xortllf'l'll and :\Iidland
railways, president of the I.ancl Seeurity Com-
pany, ,'icp-president of the Imperial Bank of
Canada, vice-president of the Crow's Nest Pass
Coal r'ompany sinf'e its formation, director
since its inception of 111(' Toronto General Trust
Corporation. and is eonnected with man
' other
enterprises. Not only in bnsiness life has he
been prominent. however, as he has been urr.;ed
at different times to be standard bearer of his
party for Parliamentary honors. which he has
alwa
.s (kclined. In 1906 he was appoint-erl to
the Dominion
enatf'. and. although thi" ap-
pointmpnt came lU1solicitf'd. it was certl!Ínly an
llonor properl
' hestowed, as Senator .Jaffray has
always been a stauneh advocate of Rf'form prin-
eiples, and for many yeprs at thf' head of the
greatest Reform paper of Canada, and onp of the
/!Teatpst in thp world. His rf'lig-ious faith is that
of the Presh
.terians. and his fraternal connec-
tions "ith the )Iasonie order.
Senator .Taffrav was married to Uiss SHah
Bugg, danghtf'r 'of the latp .John Bugg, for
many
.f'ars an alderman of Toronto. 1\fr<;. .Jaf-
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fray passed away March 27, 1906, the mother of
four children: Annie E., wife of Christopher
Eaton. of Owen Sound; William Gladstone, a
broker of Toronto; Hev. R. A., missionary to
China, and at the head of a college :1'01' educat-
ing Chinese missionaries, "\Vuchow, China; and
}:lizabdh, the \\ ife of "\Yilliam A. Camercn, a
barrister of Toronto.
JOIIN SYMONS. The death of John Sy-
mons, which occurred in Toronto in 1902, was
the closing chapter of a life long III years and
correspondingly rich in all that makes a man's
career of value to the world.
An adopted son of Canada. Mr. Symons was
born in Derby, England, Nov. 19, 1808. He was
educated in his native land, studied law there,
dnd was admitted as an English solicitor in
1832. He at once took chambers in London, in
"Old Jewry," practising there till 18;)1, when
he came to Canada to look the grüund over
while considering the question of removal. De-
ciding favorably 1'11'. Symons settled there per-
manently in 1852, and was duly 'lualified to
practise at the Canadian Bar, and for a while
àid so, but later went into business instead. He
formed in 1858 the Canada Landed Cl edit Com-
pany, now reorganized under the name of the
Canada Landed and National Investment Com-
pany, and for mOre than t.wenty years acted as
manager of the corporation. On retiring irom
that position 1\11'. Symons gave up active bus]-
ness, and turned his attention rather to a con-
sideration of various public questions from a by-
stander's point of view. He was spedally in-
terested in what is known as the" :l'ast Atlantic
service," and contributed an ahle pamphlet on
the subject, pointing out the advantages of a
!"hort sea route and of utilizing Valentia Har-
bor.
Mr. Rymons married l\rii'.S Isahel Thorburn,
daughter of the late David Thorburn. of Quecns-
ton IIe
hts, who wa<; one of the prominent mcn
of hi8 day and w'neJ'ation. )11'. ThOi'burn was
one of 1hr- fiTI't wilrdens of the Niagara District,
which for many ycars he representwl in Parlia-
went. He and hi<; wife. formerly Miss Isabel
Thompson, of Nla!!ara Falls. both died at
Quel'n<;ton. Chililren as follow,> ,yrr(> horn to
.John and Isabrl Rymons: .John 'r.. late capt.ain
in the 12th York Rangers, and a .vell-lmoWIl
man among' real estate agents: D. T., a harri,>tcr;
l\Irs. Rhaw, widow of Dr. Shaw, of Hamilton.
and Leila Frear and Kate. at home. Riß('
her
husband's'death, in 1!"102. Mrs. R
'1llons has ('on-
tinue<l to live in the old home, at Ko. 68 _\ve-
nul' Road, built a munber of years :Igo b
' :\fr.
R
'mons.
In political sentiment John Symons was a
Conservative, while in religious belief be was an
.Anglican. Formerly a member of St. Pau:. 'I"
Church, in which he was at one time warden, he
Lad a seat at tbe time of his death in the Churcb
of the Redeemer. A scholar; a Chri<;tian and
true gentleman, his was a life commanding the
respect of aU wbo knew bim. Lacking. as he
did. only a few
'ears of rounding out
cen-
tury, .:\11'. Symons naturally had a fund of remi-
niscence both entertaining and instructive,
reaching bark even to the reception of thè news
of Waterloo and Wellington's victory.
REV. WILLIAl\I S. BLACKSTOCK, D.D.,
deceased. Forty years of active service in the min-
istry is a re
Ol'd on which a man may well look
l:;ack with pride. Such a lifetime of IJf'lpfulness
to his fellows is rightly followed by a period of
freedom from responsi.bility, and of leisure to
pnjoy quietly the last years of existen'
c, crownc.i
l.y the resppct. gratitude and affection of the
many he has helped. Such a tranquil eveninl'{ of
life was the lot of Rev. William S. Black<;tock.
a minister of the Wesleyan )lethodist Chun.It,
who lived in retirement in Toronto at No. 121
Carlton street. His death occurred at Atlantic
Cit.r, New .Jerse
, in November, 1905.
Tbe Blackstock family is from the
orth of
lJ-eland, and three brothers came thence to Can-
!Jda about 1819, Georg-e, Rev. Moses and Jobn,
the latlpr settling in Barrie. George Blackstock
had a son, George, who was born in Ireland in
] 803. This son went to the Stat.e of New .J er.
sPy and there married Miss Jane Chambers.
Later the young couple came to Canada, settlcd
first in tbe township of Cavan, and from there
afterward mm ed to the township of Pickering.
tiJl later they moverl to Port lIUl'on, l\1icbl.!::-an.
Of their children three grcw to maturity. "Mrs.
BaHard. Mrs. Cruickshank and Rev. ""YiBiam S.
.\l1-s. Cruickshank resides in Michigan, an,l tIle
last years of the parents were passed in her
home. Thr father was a farmer by occupation.
Rey. William R. Blackstock was born in Buf-
falo, New York. in 1824. His education was
acquired in Toronto and N
w York City, amI
he was early prepared for the ministry. For
forty veal'S he labored faithfull,' for lllS fellow-
mcn',
lOst of tbe time in Centl'
l Ontario. His
last pastorate was in Toronto, wllPre he was sta-
tioned for eight years prior to his retirement, in
! "
7. The honorary degrpe of Doctor of Divin-
it
was f'onferrerl upon him by the Victoria Uni-
,'ersi1.,'. From the time he was ('aJlcd there, in
1879 .Ur. Blnrbtock continued to make bis home
in Toronto. His first residence there was in
lR
7. when he was only three years old. but thp
family soon movpd to Cavan township.
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Dr. Blackstock was married in 1850 to Miss
Mary Gibbs, born in 18
(j, sister of the late Hon.
T. N. Gibbs and of W. H. Gibbs, M.P., of Osh-
awa. She is still living. Mrs. Blackstoc!.: was
a constant support and sympathizer in her hus-
band's work from the first. and enjoyed with iÚm
their well earned rest. They were among the
oldest couplps in Toronto, and as highly esteemed
as they were widely known. Although well
ast
eighty at the time of his death, Dr. Blackstock
enjoyed reasonably good health and was in full
possession of aU his faculties. To Dr. and )1rs.
Blackstock were born two sons: Thomas Gibbs
Blackstock ICC.. a leading member 01' the On-
tario Bar, who died in July, 1906;
md George
Tate Blackstock, K.C.. a prominent member of
the Ontario Bar.
DAVID BREAKEKRIDGE READ, ICC.,
llied of paralysis at his residence, No. 40 Bread-
albane street, May 11, 1904, at the agð of ei
hty-
one. He had a stroke of apoplexy in Novem-
ber. 1902, and was afterward confinerl to hi" bcd,
hnt wa" cons('ion
until shortly before death.
'fhe late 1\11'. Read, who for many years was
one of the best-known lawyers in the Province,
was born in Augusta, Ont., June 13. 1823, and
on both sides was of United Empire Loyalist
descent. At the age of thirteen he was sent. to
Upper Canada College, and when the :Mackenzie
rebellion broke out he marched with the other
boys to the Govcrnor to offer his services. The
Governor. Mr. Read used to say, patted them on
the hearl and said that. they were not needed at
present. He entered on the study of law June
16. ]840, and was called to the bar on June 19,
1843. Among those with whom he practi3ed
were: Alexander Leith; the present Chancellor
Boyd; .J. B. Read. his brother; T. A. Kepfer;
II. V. Knight, and latterly his son. Wal-
ter Read. He was created Q.C. by the old Gov-
ernment of Canada Dec. 23, 1
58. and at the
time of his death was the oldest. so appointed. bis
immediate predecessor having been th(' lat..
Sir
Oliver Mowat, appointed in 1855. He was elect-
ed a Benchcr of the Law Society in November,
]855, and continued a Beneher until his retire-
ment }n April, 1881. A feature of his work
there was the interest he ahmys manifpstcrl in
the students. It may be added that among his
students were Chancellor Boyd. Judge Iding-ton,
Col. Matheson. the Provincial Treasurer. Judge
E rmatin gel', of St. Thomas, Isaac Campbell, K.
C., of Winnipeg, and Frank Denton, K.C.. of
']'oront.o.
Many years ago, when legal procedure was
less flexible than it be('ame und!'r thp long re-
gime of the late Attorney-General Mowat, Mr.
Read held a high position at. the Ontario Bar.
lIe was a Master ()f legal techniralities, anrl of
the special pleading which in the earlier part of
his career was very effeeti \'e in counsel work.
Several eminent jurists received their prepara-
tory t.raining in his office, and to the last h
re-
tained their respect and affeéti.\n. '1'he great
change in judicature and procedure. whÌch was
for the most part completed between 1874 and
1884, maùe it ùifticult for the older practitiuni'l's
and judges to keep up with the procession, and
1\11'. Read gave up the arduous struggle. He ha.d
done his work, but he never eomplaincd of the
changed conditions.
Comparative exemption from rrofessional dut-
ies gave him a chance to earry on the wor!{ of
historical investigation, in which he took grli'at
delight. and at which by dint of abilit,}, pat.il nf. n ,
and conscientiousness he became an expert of
a somewhat high order. Whoever undertakf's to
write a history of Ontario. formerly Upper Cfin-
ada, will find his work of research greatly aided
by the material collected and the sources indi-
cated by Mr. Read. He was by temperament a
man of activity, with a special fondness for pub-
lic afflJirs. In polities he was an ardent Con-
servative, and he had a fund of anerdotes of
the stirring period of his early manhood which
served to enliven his conversation when he was
in a reminiscent mood. All trace of partisan
aggressiveness passed away from him ]on
'lgO,
and d
lring his later years some of his most inti-
mate friends were his former political opponents.
He was a puhlic-spirited participant in muni-
cipal administration. and was foml of referring
to t.he time when he and Sir Oliver Mowat wert'
fellow-members of the city f'(mncil oi Toronto.
Thus in more than one way his death severs an-
other link ,\'hich bound the present to the past
He always took fin active inh>rc,>t in municipal
politics, and was eleeted alderman for St. Pat-
rick's ward in 1858. On November 11th of that
year, he was eleeted by the council. }Iayor of
the city on the resignat.ion of ,Yo H. Boulton.
At the time of his death he was the olde.
t ex-
Mayor. .Among the aldermen of that year was
Sir Oliver Mowat. He was one of the first memo
bel's of the Toronto Club.
Active in both outi!oor and indoor !::ports. he
was a member of the Royal {ianadian YaI'ht
Club, of the Toronto Cricket Club, and of the
CaeI' Howell Bowling (,lub, of which for ye:t.rs
he was Honorary Presii!.ent.. He also was active
in military affairs. and was appointed en<;ign
of the 5th Battalion of Toronto :;\Iilitia in lR:JC.
During the last fifteen yrars hI' devoterl him-
self to literary and historical work-"The Lives
of the .Judges of Ppper Canada." "The Life of
Goyernor Rimcoe." "The IJife of General
Brock." "The R('nellion of 1837." He was vice-
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C01DlEl\IORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
prt:'&ldcnt of th" York Pioneerf a membcr of the
Ontario Historical S,. i"'+
, and one ot the com-
mittt'" of ih
rpper Canada College Old noys'
.\ ciation. In p/)liti.,,> he was a personal friend
and strong supporter of Sir John Macdon:11d.
He wa
an activp member of the Church of Eng-
land, and was one of the founders of St. John's
Church, aud al<::{) of St. Matthias' Church, of the
lattf'r of whie\1 he \, as for many y{'ars church-
",arden aud n'presentative III the Synod.
;\11'. Davi(\ Breahenridge Reaù was a son of
'ohn Lau\lon and .J anet (Breakenridge) Read.
John IJ:.tndou Rearl was a son of Obadiah Rpad,
a United Empirt' Loyalist, who came to Canada
in 17
4, ettling in t.he town of Augusta, County
.If Gre1.l\ille, Ontario. Obaùiah Read married
1IIiss Lydia Landon, also of United Empire
Loy dlist stock.
n 1848 :\11'. David Breakenridge Read mar-
J.j('d Miss Emily Ballard, of Picton, and to this
, ':lion the following family were born: :\Iiss Ada
Read. librarian of the County of York Law As-
sociation; Mrs. F. C. Wadc, and Mrs. H. J.
Wade, of Vancouver, B.C.; and one son, 1\11'.
\\. alter Read, of the firm of Read & Read.
ANDREW CRA WF'ORD. Among the we11-
known business men of Toronto was Andrew
Crawford, a member of the firm known as The
'W. R. Brock Company, wholesale dry goods
dealers. 1\11'. Crawford was born at Carnfoot,
near Dollar, Scotland, in 1837, and he died in
Toronto in 1893. He was a son of Robert and
:Margaret (Dixon) Crawford, also natiws of
Scotland.
In 1856 Andrew Crawford came to Toronto
and engagpd a.<; a clerk for Dixon & Logan, whose
business he and Mr. James D. Smith purchased
iater, the firm becoming known as Crawford &
Smith. Later Mr. Crawford became a member
of The W. R. Brock Company. and with this
firm was iùentified up to the time of his death.
In 1863 Andrew Crawford and Catherine Gibb
were united in marriage, she being a daughter
of the late Charles and Elizabeth (Shillingla,,)
Gibb. Charles Gibb was born in 1808 at Fet-
tercairn. Scotland, "as educated in Edinburgh,
and there he studied for the profession of ('ivil
and mechanical pngineering. In 1832 he came
to Toronto. where he followed that line until
1846, when he died. lIe was a son of James and
Catherine (Durie) Gibb. who also came to Can-
ada. settling near Chatham, ,,,,here they died.
Elizabeth Shillinglaw, the mother of Mrs.
Crawford, was the only daughter of "William
Rhillinglaw. who died at Galaghiels, Scotland.
his widoW" anrl phildren coming to Canada when
Elizalwth wag only nine year:s of age. 8he died
in Toront.o in lSfJO, lea,'in
two children: l\'Irs.
Crawford; and James Gibb, of Arkansas, U.S.A.
1\11'. and )Irs. Crawford's children ,"ere: 1\1ar-
garet, at home; Charles, deceased; Ethel, deceas.
ed; Robert Dixon, with The W. R. Brock Com-
pany; Catherine, the wife of FI'ank J olmston, of
Toronto; and Andrew Gordon, in th
Bank of
Toronto, at Collingwood. l\Ir. Crawford was a
consistent member of Knox Presbyterian
Church, and 1\Irs. Crawford adheres to the same
religious faith. He was a Reformer in politips,
and his fraternal connection was with St. And-
rew's Society.
ROBERT RUSSELL BALDWIN, B.A., of
No. 36 Lowther avenue, Toronto, who for some
years previous to 'his death had retired from
active business, was a member of one of the old-
est families in the city. Ill' was a son of Wil-
liam Augustus and Isabella Clarke Baldwin, who
was the daughter of James Buchanan, British
Consul at New York.
\Villiam Augustus Baldwin was a son of Dr.
\Villiam \Varren Baldwin, who was born. in Ire-
land in 1775, and died at Toronto Jan. 5, 1t\44.
Dr. Baldwin founded the family in Canada,
having in 1790 settled in Toronto. He marricd
Margaret Phoebe Willcocks, daughter of Wil-
liam \Villcocks, by whom he had these
ehildren: Robert, William Augustus, Henry
and Quetton St. George. William Aug-
ustus Baldwin's children by hi<; first
marriage were: Henry St. George, men-
tioned elsewhere; James Buchanan, M.D.; Wil-
limn Augustus; Robert Russell; Aemilius;
Phoebe Buchanan; and Isabella Elizabeth. Mr.
Baldwin's first "ife died Aug. 21, 18;)0, and on
Feb. 29. 18:52, hc married Margaret Fry, daugh-
ter of Capt. 11artin Donald
IcLeod. To this
union were born these children: Jane 1\IcI.eod,
wife of "l\Iartin Graham. of Rome, Georgia;
Elizabeth Alexandrina McLeod; Annie Maria,
now Mrs. ('harll's Pratt \Yhelan; Martin
Donald l\frLeod, deceased; Lawrence IIe
rden,
barrister of Toronto; 1Iargaret
Ich>od, de-
ceased; NOl'J)l1ln l\'Ip TJcod, decpaseò; Charle" Mc-
Leod, of St. Thomas; and .John McLeod, a physi-
cian of Toronto.
Robert. Russell Baldwin was born in Tm'onto
in 1842. and was educated at Upper C11nada Col-
lege, and 'l'oronto University, from which latter
imtitution he graduated in 1866 with the de-
gree of B.A. Upon completing 'his clm,sical edu-
cation, Mr. Baldwin was for some years cOn-
Depted "Kith the Canadian Rank of Commerce
at Toronto. Tn lRR3 he resignpd this position,
:md he dipd in 1906.
In 1893 Mr. Baldwin marri{'d Ada W('bster,
daughter of the late James and Margaret (Wil-
son) Weh<;ter. parly settlers in the County of
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'Yellington. 1\11'. W cbster was born in 1808, in
Perthshire, Scotland, and died at Guelph, in
1869. The"
ebster home in Scotland was known
as "Balrudder
T." 'l'he father of 1\1rs. Baldwin
was a son of James and Agnes (Hunter) \Veh.
ster. who spent their entire lives in Scotland.
'flwir children "ho came to Canada were:
.T ames. the father of :;\Irs. Baldwin; and Thomas.
James \\Tebster came to Ontario in 1833, and
purchased a large tract of land in the Count.y of
Wellington, to the clearing, cultivating and sell-
ing of which he gave his active life. He was uot
only a clever business man, but also a prominent
public citizen. serving in Parliament several
'ears. 1\11'. \Yebster's strict integrity may be
gathered from the fact that upon one election to
Parliament he saw that fraud had been com-
mitted in the elections and promptly resigned
the office as a strong rebuke to his over-zealous
supporters. For many years 1\11'. \Vebster
serverl as registrar of the County of Wellingtl)n.
On March 6. 1838, he married 1Iargarct Wilson,
born at Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1821.
REV. AKDREW B. CH
UIBBRS. LL.B.,
D.D., of Toronto. hears a name long identified
with the best interest8 of Canada. The family
originated in the
orth of Ireland, and its
founrlers in Canada were Richard and John
Chambers-the latter the father I)f Dr. Cham-
bel'S, of Toronto. These two pioneers were sons
of Alexander Chambers. Richard preceded John
to Canarla by a few years, and settled first in St.
Catha rines, but later removerl to DunnviUe,
where he became a prominent mcrchant and mil-
ler. His old mill still stands at. Dunnville, and i.s
known as the Chambers l\Iill. He was a man
of affairs there, a member of the council, and
otherwi",c an important and substantial citizen.
John Chambers. who shared the honor almost
equally of founding t.he Chambers family here,
was born in the North of Ireland. near Ennis-
killen, in 1813, and died in 1901. His wife,
born in 1815, lived until 1881. In 1847 John
Chambers and his wife came to Canada, settling
at Toronto. where they remained until 1854,
when they removed to the township of Whit-
church, in the County of York There Mr.
Chambers engaged for a time _in the mullufacture
of luml1Pr. Later he removed to Reach town-
ship. Count
. of Ontario, farming there for a
short period. and then entered the mercantile
business at Victoria Corners, same township. In
1866 1\11'. Chambers removed to Wilfrid. in
Brock township. where he hp('ame a general
llI('rchant and ,,-as thp first postmaster at that
place. He resided there until 188
. when he
retired from husiness and settIerl for a time at
f'anniuÇ!tou. In 1
99 he rame to Toronto. whel'e
he resiùel] with his son. 1)1'. Chambers, until his
death. To .John Chamb PI
and his "ife wt're
horn children as follows: Eliza, born in Ireland,
now Mr. J amcs Dale, of :M anitoba ; Dr. Andrew
B., born in Ireland; Alexand '1' Carson, deceased,
who "as born in Irpland (hi" son .John Kin
lives in Toronto) ; l\1ary. wife pf '" i.Uiam Henry
Lawrence; 11rs. John 1\Ioore Ha.t't, widow of Dr.
John )100re Hart; Ann Jane, who diEd umnar-
ried; John James. who died unmarried; and
Thomas Richard, for h\enty-five years a resi-
dest of Hamilton, North Dakota.
Rev. Andrew B. Chambers was reared and
educated at Toronto, and in lR75 he we-s graJu-
ated in law at McGill Lniversit
T. After sev-
eral years spent in teaching in the
Counties of York and Ontario Dr. Cham-
bers turned his attention and stlld.v to
the ministry. In 1864 he enttred the
l\1ethodist Conference as a probationer. and in
1868 he was ordained. He remained two yeal'R
at his first pastorate, at Newmarkl.t, went to
Prince Edward County, where he served three
years, and then went to Sherbrook Street
Church, Montreal. His subsequent statil)ns
were as follows: Pembroke. two years: Xap-
anee, Quebec; l\Iontreal, second term; Staru.t
ad,
two years, during part of whiph time he was
gowrnor of Stanstead College. From StansÌPad
he was called to Napanee for a second term.
In 1891 Dr. Chambers was called to Wesley
Church, Toronto, where he remained three years.
He then spent three years as pastor of the :Mc-
Caul St.reet Church, three years at the Gerrard
Street Church. three years at Wood Green Tab-
ern aclp , anrl in 1903 became pastor of the Par-
liament Street Church.
Dr. Chambers through his high Chri",tian
character and scholarly attainments has become
a power in his church and for twenty sessions
of the Conference he has been a member of t.he
stationing committee. He has served 11.<; Chair-
man of the Quebec. l\1ontreal, Stanstead. Nap-
anee, Toronto Central and Toronto Em;t Dis-
tricts, and has been a member of five General
Conferences. In lR97 he was elected President
of the Toront.o Conference. and at the ('lose Ilf
the term in 1898 Vi('toria College conferred upon
him the degree of D.D.. an eminently fitting
honor. TIe is a member of the Rcnate of Vic-
toria College, and trea<;urer or the superannua-
tion flmd for the Toronto Conference.
On June Ifi, 1868. Dr. Chamlwrs was mar-
ried to 1\Ti<;s Imcy. tlJird daught.er of the lat.e
Rpv. Wil1iam
rcCullough, and they have had
thc!-:e children: lVII's.
\. X. Burns. of Toronto;
:\Irs. R. W. Anglin. of the Essex High School:
Pearl: Ruh
'; and A. Harold H., nOw connected
"ith tIll' Equit.\- Fire Immrance Company. Dr.
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Cí /I.\DfE:;VWRA TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
Chambers is an OrangE man, and also belongs to
the l\'[asollil, the I.O.O.F'. and the A.O.U.W. In
his political sentiment.. he is a Conservative 0.1'
thp independent type He worthily f'njoys the
estepU1 of all who know him: the respect of all
classes. and the a,..lmirarion of his cO.la1JOrers.
lIe has been a member of and has taken a gr
at
interest in the work of the Upper Canada Bibie
So. jet
during the past fourtpen years, and is
at the present t.ime one of its vice-presidents.
TIe is a member of the board anò also of the
,....pcutive of tue recently formed Canadian Bible
Society.
.JOSEPH HEKRY WIDDIFIELD, M.D.. :M:.
P.P. Th sudden death of Mr. Widdifield on
;3unday Tflorning, June 3. 1906, removed from
th(' County of York one of her most faithful
I TIcials and most highly esteemed citizens, and
trom Toronto a Christian gentleman whose
friends were legion. For many years he was
sheriff of the County of York, and was a mem-
l.er of one of the pioneer families of the County.
The family is of Saxon English extraction. and
was first brought to Canada by Henry Widdi-
iìeld, the grandfather of Joseph H.
Henry Widdiiìeld was born in Ne" Jersey in
1779. a son of Henry 'Viddifield, Sr., who W:lS
also born in New Jersey, but who moved to
Pennsylvania when his son, Henry, the grand-
father of Joseph H., "as but a lad. In 1800
Henry Widdifield, Jr.. came t.o the County of
York on a prospecting tour. and WftS so favor-
ably impressed with the country that he re-
turned to Pennsylvania, and prepare<l to move
to Canada, which he did the following year, spt-
tling on J
ot 32, Concession 3, Whitchurch town-
ship, where he cleared a farm from the bush.
This farm has never passcd out. of the family,
anr1 is now owned by one of his grandsons,
.James }
d1mrd Widdifield, and is known as
":l\faple Groye Farm." In 180
Mr. Widdifield
returned to Pennsylvania, and therp marriei
Phebe Randall. a native of that State. Her
brothers and sisters were also earlv settlers in
the County of York. Rhe was born in 1774, and
died on the York County farm in 18;';), hpr hu!'-
band surviving until 1869. when he too,
passpd away. fn t.heir religiOlis faith. they were
Quakers. and in politiral prinriple Henry Wid-
difield was a IJiheral. Some time after they 10-
cat
d in thp County of York, they were j
il1ed
ahout 1807 by Mr. Widdifipld's father, Henry
\Viddifield. Sr., who came, arrompanied by hi!!
family. to find prosperity in the COllutry so at-
tracti-ve to his son. He made his home there
until his death. To IIpnry Wiòdifield, .Tr.,
nd
wife werc born thp followinQ' f'hildren: Oharles
E., the father of our suhject.: _\Q:np!!, who mar-
ried James Playter, and is now deceased; Mary.
deceased wife of Ira Brown, of Pickering; and
Mercy, deceased, who married George Play tel'.
Charles E. \\ïddifield was born on l\laple
Grove Farm in 1812, and there on his birthplace
he followed farming all his life. dying in 1883.
He was a man much interested in public affairs,
particularly matters pert.aining to schools, and
he served most acceptably as school trustee for
a nlUnber of years. Political honors, however,
he steadfastly refused. In 1841 he was mar-
ried to Angelina Hughes, who was born in Penn-
sylvania in 1821, daughter of Joseph Hughes,
a pioneer of the County of York, and died at
the home of her son. Joseph H., in 1896. Both
Charles Widdiiìeld and his wife were members
of the Quaker Church. He votRd the ticket of
the Liberal party. The nine children born to
Charles Widdifield and wife were: (1) Eliza-
beth. married George B. Knowles, and had three
rhildren: Emma. wife of Dr. Elsworth l\k
lfiI-
lan, of California; Frederick, of New York CIty;
and Helen l\Iaude. wife of John Taylor. of Ham-
ilton, New York Stat.e. (2) Joseph Henry. (3)
Elma is widow of \Valter Playter. by whom she
had the following children: Florence, wife of
J
orne l\IcCormick, of t.he Royal Bank of Otta-
wa; and Vera and Greta, at home. (4) l\Iercy,
deceaséd, married J. J. Collins, of St. Cath.
arines, by whom she had two children: Herbert,
of the rlass of 1904. Toronto TTnh'ersity; and
Evelyn Maude, at home. (5) Miss Jennie lives
in Toronto. (6) William C., a barrister at New-
market, married Emma Cane, dauf'hter of the
late v"llliam Cane, by whom he has two dal1
h-
tel's. Marjorie and Kathleen. (7) James Ed-
ward, owner of the old homp. mllrrieò Emma
\Vatson, sister of George \Vatson, K.C., of 'To-
ronto, and has three rhildren: Ethel. of the civil
service at Ottawa; Charles IIowarr1 and George
Wentworth. (8) Charles Howard and (9) Rose
Evelyn both died unmarried.
Joseph Henry Widdifield was horn on thp old
homestead .June 12, 1845. His literary educa-
tion was acquired in the rural srhools of his dis-
trict and in the high school at Newmarket. Upon
completing his work at the latter plare he en-
tered at once upon the study of medicine, his
rhosen profession, and in 1869. he receiveil the
degree of M.D. from Victoria University. In
1870 he was graduated from the Royal College
of Surgeons at JJondon, England, and in the
same year became a lirentiate of tflC Royal C()l-
lege of Ph
-sirians, at Edinburgh. Late in the
same year he entered upon the artive practice of
his profession at Newmarket., Ilnd rontinued to
he surcessfully engllged there unt.il 1888, when
he was made sheriff of t.he County of York.
Soon after lorating at Newmarket he became act-
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ive in the councils of the Liberal party, and in
IS"i.) was the recipient of parliamentary honors,
being honored by re-election in ] Sï9. 188:1 aod
1886, r!'signing hi'> office in 18S8 to becmne
sheriff. During sewn years of his service in
Parliam!'nt he was" Parliament Whip" for t.he
")IO\Hlt party, .. and for seven ;\-ears .\"I:IS chair-
man of the
Ìlmding Orders committee.
It was not only in political and professional
lines that
Ir. "\\ïddifield was prominently i,len-
tified \\ith his nati,-e county, but h
\\as (llso
conspicuous in military circles. He held a first-
class certificate from the
[ilitary Institute of
Toronto, and also from the 8('11001 of liunnt>ry
of the same city. lIe served in the Ffnian r:lÌd
in 1866, for \\ hieh service he held a medal and.
a grant of IGO acres of land in a township in
Ontario. nHnH'<l in his honor-"\\ïddifleld town-
ship.
Dr. Widdificl<l belonged to the Coll!'ge of Phy.
sicians and Surgeons of Ontario. He \\ as a
!lIason of Knight Templar degree; \Va" past mas-
ter of Tuscan Lodge )Jo. 99, )J"ewmarket;
past first principal of Doric Chaptel'.
Xo. 60 Xf"'\lnarket; ex-m!'mbers of the
hoard of genet'al purposps. of the Orand
J.Jodge (If r.
mada ; p8,>t district :lepllty
grand master of thl' Toronto dist.rict; pa<;t gl'alll\
superintend!'nt of Toronto District. R.A.1L For
many years prior to the holding of the office of
sheriff, Dr. Widdifield was a justice of the peace.
and also coronel' of the County. 'Ie Wi!" ml'dical
c
aminei' for thp _\.o.r.-\Y.
In If:.92 Or. Widdifie\d pnrcha!'e<\ hie:; fine
residence at the corner of St. George street and
Prinee Arthur awnu!'. where his many fri!'nds
always fonnfl a h!'arty
reeting.
LIEUT.-COL. WIULU( J. LA
E
lILLI-
GAK a rptirpd Rtaff Officer of Pensioners, Impe-
rial Rpr,'i,'e, residence Bromley House, Toronto,
comes of a family long connected \\ ith military
lif!', while on his mother's side he is deseendl'd
from John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Tlw
Colonel hims!'lf has added new lustre to the
name and has distinguished himself during long
years of service in Europe. Asia, Africa and
America. He was born in Madras. India, son
of Dr. William :Milligan.
Dr. '\Yilliam :Milligan, born in Pcrt.hshil'e, Scot-
land. in 1791. was for many years a surgeon of
thl' 6th Enniski1lpll Dra
oons. lIe married !IIi,s
Elizabeth
ybil Lane. of England. of the Lane
family, Bentley Hall, Staffordshire. B.>ntlp:,>-
Hall was one of the hiding places of King
Charles II. during his escape from Englan(l. and
he left it disguised as a groom to Lady .J ar e flanl'.
riding on a pillion in front of It!'r. on hi" e;;('ape
to the ('oast frum Bpntl!'y HHl1. The fHmil
'
2
wag offered a Dukedom b;y King Charles. but it
"as de('lined. The Lane crest is the strawbcl'l'y
horse, bearing the Crown between his feet, "ith
the motto "GarJe-le-Roi," and their arms are
quartered" ith those of England. Colonel ;\Iil-
li
an 's g-ranllfather, Colonel Lane. was gm:ernor
of St. Helena during the imprisonment of )Ja-
poleon. À great-uncle. Major-Gt'neral Sir
Burges Camae, was military secretary to tllf'
Dnke of "\Yellin!,rton in India.
Colonel )IiIligan \\ as the only son. He" as
eclncattd in En
li!nd under Dr. {ireig, of \Yal-
thamstow. Essex, and at tlll' age of sixteen pn-
tpr!'d upon his military career, in the
(-ourse of whil"h he has seEn 'òcrviec in
the four great cuutin!'nts }f the wlwld
In ::;onth Afriea he sl'rved \vith the 73rd
Perthshire RC'[!iment, was also in the Indian
)Iutiny (it afterwards became the 2nd
Battalion, Blaek Wateh). while later he was ap-
pointed Staff Officer of Pensioners. This posi-
t.ion he held twenty
'eat.s. and the last twelve,
from ]Sí9 to 1891: he wa" in Toronto. After
retiring hc continued to mati:p his home in that
city.
\\'hill> on service in India Colonel :\Iilligan
was married in Dinapore to
Iiss Isabella Mar-
garet Moil', who was born in that country, a
(langhter of Co1. J. D. W )Ioir, of the Bengal
East India 8ervice. To this union seven dÜl-
drC'n wcrp horn, Ilanwly: "\Yilliam .J. Lane. de-
ceased; Alice :-;ib;\'l, ,,'ho married Frank
Xi(-ho!ls [(ermin, of Toronto; Isabella Grace,
\\ho mar!'ied F. _\. Hilton, of Toronto, and has
five sons and two daughters; Helen :\[ary Edith;
Yda Jlouisa, who married Lester 'Yea,-!'r, of
Hespeler, Ont., and has t\\O sons; Kathleen
)laude; and ßeatrice
-\dele, wife of R
Jssell
Brown. of Toronto, and mother of one daughtpr.
Colont'll\lilligan is one of Toronto's most dis-
tinguished citizens. and holds a high position
socially. When in India he became a member
of the Masonic fraternity, and still maintains
his interest in it. In religion he is a m"m"er
of 111<' Episcopal Churl.h, and in politics 11(' is a
Conservative.
WILLLn[ BOrLTBEE, r.E. The late
William BouItbee, who passed away at hie:; resi-
denc!', "I \"er House." Ko. 52 St. Alhan street.
Toronto, in Kovem bel', 1902. \\ as a well.kr}(\wn
civil engineer. and spent many years in thp
pra(.ti,'C' of his professi(]ß in HamIlton and
Toronto. He was born in Devonshire. Englan(l.
rareh I!), 1-<32, son of Felix and :\[ary (8am-
u!'l) BOlllthc p .
Fe1i
BouJtbee, "ho was an officer in the H.
E. 1. C. R. was the founder of the family in
Canada. His fathel', "\\ïlliam. al<;o camp tu
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
Canada in his later :rears, and resided with his
son. On coming to Canada Felix Boultbee set-
Hl'd at Ancaster, where he soon afterward d:l'd.
His brother and sister, 'Vashingt.on and Hosa-
lind. came to Canada and cared for his family
until they grew to maturity. His children were:
.Mary Ann, Alfred, Frank, \ViUiam and Rev.
Arthur.
\Yilliam Boultbee was educated lU Canada.
On the completion of his term as apprentice
to the late Jolm Howard, a well-known civil
engincer of Toronto, he secured a position as
civil engineer on the construction of the Great
\Vestel'n railwa,y. In this work Mr. Boultbee
distinguished himself as a thoroughly competent
engineer, and his experience gained him an ap-
pointment, in 1864, to a position on the en.
gineering staff of the )Iadras Railway Company
of London, England, operating in India. LIe
soon rnse to the pUl'ition of ex(>('utive engineer,
which he Iw1d until 188
. when he retircd. The
high estel'Ill in which )[1'. Boultbee was lwld !n
his sen-ice in India \\ ill be seen from the fact
that in lðÎ(j-/Î, during the famine in that
country, he 'HIS in charge of a staff of tweuty-
threl' tll<lu
,md people, I'ngagl'd in railway work,
and as an apprpciation of his most exceìl
nt
ervil'es was givpn a prolonged furlough to CJ;lU-
Rda of t".o years. Iv 1878 he starteCl bael, to
India, and in February. 18í
l, resnmed his pro-
fl'Ssional work, continuing therein until 18t1:!.
when he returned to Canaùa. He spttle.} in
Toronto, where he erect I'd a fine home on 81.
f
porge street. in which he passed a few :vears.
ReIling- this llOnw. II(> loeated at No. 52 St. Al-
ban strel't, and then' tlw remaindpr of his life
was spent.
On Dec. 12,1866, at )Iadras. India, 1\11'. Boult-
bee married
\1iss )[arian 1\'[ulock a member of
an old anù prominent family of Ontario. She
is the daughter of the late Dr. Thomas Homan
)1ulock, sister of the lIon. Sir William Mulock,
late postmastl'r-general of f'anada, and cousin of
"Miss )luloek," authl)r of "John Halifax.
Gentleman." The .MuJol'k family was founded
in Canada by William -;\[ulock the g-randfath<'r
of 1\lr!':. "Bonlthee. III' was born in Dublin, Ire.
land. and in lRBï spttJpd at OrilJin, Ont.. whpre
hI' owned valuahle farm property. His wife
was -;\Iiss
arah Paisl,,)', also of Dublin. and
th('ir ehildl'pn werp: Rev. f'anfln :Muloek, of
Kingston: .Wi1Iiam, deceased, of Califomia:
J.obert P.. of f'olfax, Iowa; Vanee; Dr. Thomas
Homan: Alary, :'I Irs. .\I.thur Rohinson; and sp\'-
I'raJ who eliI'd youn!!.
Dr. Thomas Homan ),lnlo('k, father of :\lJ"s.
BOl1ltlwe. was horn in Duhlin, Irehllld. in ISI1.
and was edueatrd at 'l'rinity Colleg('. DuhEn.
zlnd th.. Co]1pgl' (1f Physic'ians at TJondon. Eng-
Janel. In 18:31 he settled at Ncwauarket, County
York, Ont., later removing to Bonùhead. where
he died in 1847. His wife was l\Iiss Mary Ca\\'-
tl1ra, a member of an olù and prominent family
of Ontario, and daughter of Jolm Cawthra,
merchant of North York. Dr. l\Iulock was
marriell to :\Iiss Cawthra in 1838, and they be-
came the parents of five children: John (de-
ceased); Marian, Mrs. Boultbee; Hon. Sir Wil-
limll; Sarah '1'. t deceased), wife of G. W.
I.Jount, a barrister of Osgoode HaB, Toronto;
,llld Rosamond P., now Mrs. G. 'V. )Ionk, of
Toronto.
To :Mr. and :Mrs. Boultbee were born cle\'l'n
(.hilùren, se,'eral of whom died
'oung. Tlw
ioBowing grcw t,o maturity: Dr. AJfred, oì '1'0-
runt.o, married Edith Hannaford, tmd has four
dlildren, l\Iichael, WiBiam, ()onstance and John
n. l\Iarian married Dr. ].Jongfiel
] Smith, of
Barbaclos, \V est Indies, and dil'd in HI05, lcav.
ing two children. Joyce and Rosamond. .Will
loIuloek, a barrister of Toronto, married :Mar-
garet Amy Douglas, of Bampton, Oxford, Eng-
land, and their children are Charles D., f..:li:7a..
beth ::\I., Thomas F. and "\YiIliam S. Horace, a
jl1tll'ualist on tll(' lIlail, lllm'ri{'d i\an Greer, of
1m'onto. auù they have one child, Hie.hard (ireer.
Jiss Rosamond and .:Uiss Gladys are at home.
1\1l but the two last nameJ were born in India.
1\[1'. BouItbee was a cunsistent membl'r of the
Church of England, to the faith of which l\Irs.
l
oultbre anI] the family also adhue. Frater-
Nllly he was connecteà with St. Crorg-e's Soci-
ety. He was an arùent Jover of chess, and For
manr :;pars president of the Chess Club of On-
furio.
IIFSOX l\1l'RHA Y, 1\1..\., 1\. C., of Toronto,
is of Scotch extraction, and the fir;,;t, of his fnm-
iiy of whom anything definite is known is his
grandfutJll'r, "\YiJliam
Iurray, who, ÌI'uI
in!!'
f)'om a branch of thp House of .Murray (Athol),
bears the same arms. HI' went to the Barhados,
where he died. His wife was KetuJ'<lh Shephen!
Bruce, a lineal descendant of I.Jord Elgin,
nd
thl'ir children were: .William l\Im>ray, managt'I'
of the Colonial Bank, Barbados, and Da\'Ïdsou
j\jlll11'O Murray.
In 1
3j Davidson l\Iunro Murray, tl1(' futher
of the Rubjec:t of this article, 10catpc1 in Torollto,
\dll'rr he li\'Cd reti,'ed until his death. in IS:)1
He 'H!S in the service in the rl'bl'Hion of lR37-
. hoJ,]ing thf rank of captain. He married
::\lalT
\nn TIuRon, daug'hter of (}porg-e Hu-
!'nn, an<l Ihe
' had thpse children; Marion Bnwe,
"ho died in Toronto, unmarried: 1 luson 1hu'-
ray: "\\TiI!iam Davidson, of 'l'oronto; DavÌI!sol1
Tu1lamore WeHs, decpased: Kl'turah Shpphel.j
nnWI', wife of Ramurl Clark Dunc'an. of '1'0-
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Il\IEl\[ORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
19
ronto; Hannah Jane Emily Maud, and Gertrude
Louisa .Anne, who died several
'ears ago.
Huson ?lIurray was born in Toronto in 1835,
and was graduated with the degrres of B.A. and
l\L\. from Trinity Pni,'el'Rit.y in If',):). He later
receiv!'d his :i\I.S., after which he read law with
J OM Hillyard Cameron, and was called to the
Bar in 1859. since "'hen he has been enga!!ed in
acti,'e practice in his native city. In 1889 :Mr.
:\[urray was macle a R.C. He was a b!'ncher of
th!' Law Ro('iety for ten years. and chairman of
the finance committee. :Mr. Murray has b!'rn
iden tified with the Protestant Orphans' Home
for many years.
In 1860 :\11'. :\Iurray married :\Ii"g Eliza :M:.
A. He,yard, daughter of Francis Harris Hew-
Hd, and grand-niece of the late Sir John Bever.
ley l
obillqon, Bm'opet, and to this union hilve
I.ern born: Charles Bruce :\Iunro, broker and a
plOminent
Iason, married Charlotte Grand;
.\l'thur Huson, managpr of the Imperial Bank
at Brantford, manied Sybille \Valker, daughter
of Capt. Henry Walker, and they have two
l'hildren, Duthga :\Iuri!'l and IIrnry; Athol F.
B., \\ ith the Imprrial Bank of Fergus, nHu'ried
S:ybil Sinclaire; Louisa Frances is the wife of
lieorge H. Jones. and they have two children,
Percival Heward and H!'rbert Francis; "Emma
l\Iahel is the wife of Stephen Y. Baldwin, and
has two chil(lr!'n. Leslie 1\1urray and Stephanie
Victoria; and Lillian Grace Louise is at home.
TIIP family are llIf>mo!'rs of the Church of l
ng-
land. Mr. :\Iurray is a Conservative.
THO:\IAS RlDÜC'l' settled in York, nOW To-
ronto, in lï97. and was therefore one of its
earliest inhabihmts. lIe was born in
hprborne,
Dorsetshir'e, England. l\Iarch 17, 1754. The
Ridouts were originally from Franc-e. but had
<:;ettled in England early in the sixteenth cen-
t llry. a coat of anus being granted them in the
rei!!n of Hpnry VII. G!'orge Ridout, father of
Thomas, was born in 1703 Rt lIenstridg!'. Som-
ers!'t. where the family had a sma]] estate, but
h!' married and settled in
herhorne, Dm'set-
hire. where he brought up his numerous fam-
ily. 'I'he boys were edue'atpd at the famous
hprborne Grammar School, and the eldest son
John, after taking his degree at Oxford, left
Eng-Iand for Ameripa as secr!'tary t.o IToratio
Sharpe, (}overnor of 1\1arylanil. He b!'came a
m!'mber of thp King-'s Counril of that PI'ovince,
awl a('quirecl a lar!!e propprt." th!'re. To this
brother, in 1774-. 'I'homas Riilout. thf-n twenty
ears of age. was sent.
It was at an exciting-time in American history,
whpn thr tea tax was t.hr absorbing- question.
and hy ill fortun!'. th!' youth had. as a feUow-
pm",,'ng'pl'. thp mprehant who hail shipped a few
weeks before some tea to Annapolis against the
rules of the Convention. On arriving at New
York this merchant learned that his ship, the
., Peggy Stewart," had been burned, and that
his life was in danger from the enraged popu-
lace. Thomas Ridout, who was in his company,
had also a narrow escape from ill treatment, but
was befriended by Hugh WaBaee, a leading
merchant in New York, "ho sent hi.m off to Ann-
apolis. For some time Thomas took charge of
his brother's plantations in l\Iaryland, and then
was provided by him with capital to trade in
tobacco and sugar between the 1N est Indies and
"'rance. Trading on the\ high seas between
1775 and 1785 was a dangerous pursuit, for
there wrre always privateers ready for a cha<;i',
and with captures and wrecks Thomas Ridout's
\'en turrs were not successful. He returned hI
Annapolis determnied to seek his fortunes in the
western spttlements of Kentucky. and was pro-
vided hy General \V ashin
on with letters of
introduction to various well.known people Lhf'r
.
It was in the summer of 1787 that he set off,
but near the falls of the Ohio his party were
tali!'n prisoners by the ShR\\ enese Indian;;;. His
c'\')mpanions 'H'l'e massacred, hut his life was
&par!'d, and he spent several months as a pris-
oner among them, wandering with the tribJ
t hroug-h the dense forC'Sts of the ( then '1 far
\Yest. He at last reach!'d the n!'ighborhoo(l of
Detroit, where there was an English gal'rison.
By the I'onnivancf' of an Indian friend and
master he escaped, and was warmly l't'ceived by
the officers of the 53rd Regiment, who provided
him with clothing and tODk him with them to
)fontreal.
There ":\ft'. Ridout, as his Journal relates, was
kindly receiv!'d by Lord Dorch!'ster, Sir Jolm
Johnson and others, who int!'rested themsel,'('s
in the" engaging strhIlger," as the Montreal
Gazette, of Aug. 21, 1788. names him. H(' re-
('eived from IJord Dorchester an appointment in
the commissariat, and shortly afterward, on
May 26, 1789, married Mary Campbell, a daug-h.
tel' of Alexander Campbell, an U. E. Iloyalist of
the Bay of Quinte.
)11'. Ridout then proc!'eded to Newark, then
the seat of governmrnt, where he was employed
in the Commissal",\' Dpparbnent, and also in the
Surveyor-General's office. In 1794 he wao; made
a public notary and sergeant-at-arms to th
House of Assemoly. In 1796 a registry office was
rstahlisherl for the H(),rne distril't, auel Thomas
Ridout was appointed the first l'e
i"'trar. Tn
1797 he l'rmovPd to York, and the office wai<
rst.ahlisherl in his own house. HI' held it until
1811. In U
()O he was made cl!'rk of the peal'!'
for the Home district, and ('lerk of the District
Court. From 1799 to 1 son 11(> \\ R<; joint Rctin!:"
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
surveyor-general with Mr. Chewett. and again
from 1802 to 1807. In 1810 Thomas Ridout
wa.c:; appointed Surveyor-General of Upper Can-
ada, and in 1812 was elected Member of Parlia-
ment for the Vi est Riding of York, and in ]
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was caned to a seat in the Legislative Council
of Upper Canada.
The Ridout family homestead in York was on
Duke street, east of Princess, and extended north
to Duchess street. The house was of fmme.
There was a large garden and orchard attaehed,
and some fine trees shaded the house. A pen
picture of 1\[1'. Ridout as he appeared durin
the
last years of his life, is given by Dr. Scadding:
"
t\mong the venerable heads and anct'stral
forms which recnr to us, as we gaze down in
ima
ination from the galleries of the old wooden
Rt. James of York, we will single out that of
1\11'. Ridout, some time Survey(w-General of the
Province, father of a numerous progeny, :lnd
tribal h('ad, so to speak, of more than one fam-
ily of connections settled here bearing the same
name. He was a perfect picture of a C'!leerful.
benevolent-minded Englishman, of portly form,
well advanced in years, his hair snowy white
naturaJly, his 11811al costume of antique style."
A !;()n of an elder brother of Rurn'yor-G'>Jl-
eral Ridout emigrated to (':luada with his fam-
ilyearly in the nineteenth century, and also set-
tled in York. Of this branch were .Joseph D.
Ridout and George Perceval Ridout and TJionel
Ridout. of London, Ontario.
Thc.mas Ridout died Feb. 8, 1829, in th
se\--
enty-fifth year of his age. It \\"a-" the time when
an epitaph was always considered necessary,
and his is to 1)(' found carved on a flat stonp in
t.he church yard of St. .James' Cathedral:
"'1'he kind and exemplary father of a num-
erous family, who loved and revered him and
mourned his departure, the faithful servant of
Government for nearly forty years, he en-
deared himself to the inhabitants of Upper Can-
hda, and so won their affections bv his nnre-
mitting attentions to their interesi.
and un.
wearied courtesy to themselves, that the.'- jw,tly
eonsidC'red him an ornament to tho colonv. To
a hig-hly cultivated mind he added the mo.st pol-
ished manners, and, what was far better,
Lhe meekness and humility of a Christian 1I)nl{-
ing forward in faith to a bless
d immortality."
HENRY PELLA TT, I'l'csiding at No.
-l9 Sher-
bourne street, 'roronto, has been identified with
the business interests of the city for mi1n
'
years. 1\Ir. Penatt was born in (}lasO'ow Seot-
iand, of En
lish parents, in the
year i
mo: being
a SOn of Mil! PelJatt and 1\1aria (Wyld) Pel1att.
hoth of whom lived and dicd in London, Eng-
land, where the father carried on bnsinrss on
King 'Wi11iam strect as a wine merchant.
1\11'. Pellatt was educated in TJondon Ell".-
land, and commenced his business career tÌlCre
s
a clerk in the Royal Bank, of which his Im,'le,
Apsley Pel1att, was a director. but whill' <;till
under age he came to ('an ada, and obtained hi"
first position here in thc Bank (If British '\m th
America, at Kingston, Ont., in the veal' 18:10.
Shortly afterwards, however. he trm;sferre,l to
the Bank of Upper Canada in KÌIwston remov-
ing- late>r to the hea.l offií'e in TOl'OI
tO, \;'hel'e he
continued tin that hank was taken o\"Cr by the
Government. Mr. Pe11att then. to enlarge hi;;
opportunities, opened an offi
e as a share brokel',
an,l soon after securE'd as his partner Mr. E. n.
Osler, now at the head of the wen-known firm of
O
ler & Hammonil. They remained in business
to
cther for some> years, E'stahlishing- a very h\rge
and profitable connection.
)11'. Pellatt's energy and enterprise were
shown early in hi!' husinE'ss life. anò lw it was
in the first da
's of the firm of .Pellatt & Osler:
who obtained till' nCí'essary stock subscriptions
in various eitiE's and town!' in the l'rO\-ince for
the organization of both the Dominion and 1m.
perial Banks. In the
'ear 1882 1Ir. Osler with.
drew from the fÌl'.Jll, and Sir Henry )Till Pellatt
was taken into the> partnership b
- his fa1her,
under the name of Pellatt & Pellatt. A suc-
cessful business was carried on hy them nntil
1892, when ;\11'. PE'l1att retired from public lift"
having sine>p c!e>\'oted his time to private busi.
ness, re>taiuing ('ontrnl of his own affairs and
some few financial interE'sts which prenlÌlell
upon him to continuE' hi<; valuable sE'l'vicrs on
their brhalf.
On leaving Kingston for Toronto )Ir. P
Llatt
was presented. by his fellow citizens. a handsome
silver plate, dated Se>pt. 1st. lR?í!), the pnhlic ad-
dress being madr h." the Catholic Bishop of
King-ston; he receind also on that occasion a
Spee>ial Testimonial, signed hy the leading pHh-
lic men of Kingston, among whom ,,"prc the
Bishop of Kingston. Sir Hem.'- Smith, O. S. Gil-
dersleeve. .James Harty. UE'nry \V. Anglin, tl1P
Ven. Archdean Stewart, and Thomas Kirkpat-
rick; to further illustrate the kgh estE'em in
which he was held while still so
oung. he re-
eE'iW'd tIle follo\\ in!! ll'ttE'r from 11is hank a-"so-
ciates. (late>cl
e>rt. (ìt]l. IS:')!):
Dear Sir.-
On the occasion of vour removal to the Head Office
of the Bank of Uppèr Canada, we, the undersigned
members of the KiDg
ton Branch. pray you to accept
the accompanying Hol<1 Pencil as a small token of our
esteem, ami with b('
t wi"hps for thp welfarp ana hap-
piness of yourself anc1 family. we remain,
Your
inr('rr friends.
W. G. HINDS, Caqhiel".
W. G. GRASETT,
.T. P. BURROWS.
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COl\IMEl\IORATlVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
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In Toronto 1\11'. Pellatt interested himself with
the Hon. G. ,Yo Allan, J. D. Ellis, E. A. Scad-
ding, and others, in taking charge of the Horti-
cultural Gardens, then prespnted to the city b
Mr. Allan. lIe was made secretar
r-treasurer,
and worked indefatigably with those gentlemen
for many
'ears in preserving that property and
developing it fo!' the benefit of the citiz(;ns;
they built the first paYilion in the center and
held concert", operas, etc., and obtained the
needed funds for conservatories, for a new pa-
yilion when the old one was burned down. for
fencing and other purposes, until the Gardpns
were taken over finally in a prosperous condi-
tion by the city council; for a11 this he was
\\ armly commended by the citizens.
l\Ir. Pellatt held positions as auditor for the
?\orthern Railwa
- ('.æmpany, the Consrnners' Gas
Company, and the Canada Pern
anent Loan &
Savings Company, three of the then largest
f:nancial institutions in the Province. He was a
director of the British Canadian Loan & Invest-
ment Company, and is now vice-president ot the
Ontario & Qu 'Appelle Land Compan
", and di-
rector of the Victoria Rolling
tock Company
nd the Dominion Telegraph Company. 1\11'.
PeUatt was the active inaugurator :md lirst
president of the Toronto
tocl, Exchange, estab-
lished in l
ï
. holding that position for three
years; associatpd with him in that impOl'tant
move for the brokers ,,'pre )Iessl's. Fred Sìo,n:,
J. L. Blaikie, C. S. Gzowski, C. J. Campbell, W.
G. Cassels, E. B. Osler, R. H. 'l'emple, and
others.
This life sketch would be -,rery incomplete
without particular reference to the personal
('haracter of :\11'. Ppl1att. '\Ye sep that he "ras
successful in business, and in sueh c'onnections
".-as reeog-nized as a nwn of high pprsnnal himor
nd business integrity. and in pJ.j,'ate and suci:11
tifc Ill' has exhibited qualities which have at-
t!'acted arlmiration, by his read.\" wit and always
genial hl1'nor, his kindnpss of lwart. his hos-
pitality and bpnevolenee. He" a& one of the
('Idest and most popular mpmbers of the Toront/)
Club. also one of the first members of thp RoyaL
Canadian Yal'ht Club. and \\ith )11'. Reverky
Jones plantpd the. fil"
t of thf! h'('e
which now
beautif
' tliP Island Clllhhou!<t, H(' ohtëlin('d the
ubscriptiom(. or most of thr.m.
'ol' the Imih\illg
of
t. Petpr'h Church. of whi,'h (.hurch he ii
"till a mpmher. anrl from thp hl'2:illning h.
wa"
the strongest supporter of tIll' Inte Arehdeacon
"Roddy in the work of 11mt ehn, rC'h assisting it
"fne1'omly hy hi" contrihution., und personal
]abol's tlu'oug-hout its history. Pc was a wardl'll
tor man
- years. and on retirin? ,,'as prpsf'nt.e.l
a hancl"ome clock, TIH' Homp for Ineurah1p<;
has always hppn a sppC'ial ohje(.t of his chal"it
".
To this institution he has been a rea1 benefact('r
b) his donations and active support, to say noth-
ing of the annual oyster suppeì', which he bas
never failed to give. l\Iany other objects .Jf his
\:harity could be mentioned. In politics Mr.
l:'ellatt is a staunch Conservative, though of late
'ears he has not taken any active part in such
matters.
In the year 185.:1, in Kingston, Mr. Pellatt
married Emma 1\1. Holland, whl) died in Orillia
in :Kovember, 1901. Their children are as fol-
lows: Kate, the wife of Col. R. B. Hamilton;
:\Iiriam, wife of II. E. 1\Iorph
', barrister, of
Oshawa; Emily, wife of E. R. Rogers, of To-
I'onto Junction; IJt.-Col. Sir Henry Mill Pellatt,
A.D.C.; Fred, who served in the South African
war and was taken prisoner at Hart.<; river;
and the youngest f?on, Mill.
Whpn 1\11'. Pellatt came to Toronto, in 1859,
the site of his present house was a wilderness,
knuwn as "Ridout;;;' Bush"; purchasing this
property, he cleared it of trees and graded the
land. and in 1870 erected the handsome resi-
dence where he now lives. He has built other
dwellings adjacent to his home, but prides him-
self most of all upon his picturesque summer
resort upon the shores of Lake Couchiching,
near Orillia. Here it has been a labor of love
during twenty-two
rears to beautify and enrich
the house and grounds for the pleasure of his
children and grandchildren, who annually m
et
there with their many friends. The place is al-
ways greatly admired for its admirable situa-
tion, its natural beauty, its running streams, its
drives, tennis courts and croqu
t la\\ ns, whil'ð
its flowers, fruit'3 and vegetables are the very
best products of skilled cultivation. A steRm
launch and smaller pleasure boa1:.3 add to the
attractions of this delightful place.
::\11'. Pellatt is now in his seventy-eig'hth year,
and in comparativply g-ood health and spirits.
W ALTER MILLAR ROSS, for many years
a prominent figure at Osgoode Hall, was born
in )fontreal in 1834, and died in Toronto in
18
2. HI' was a son of John Ross, of Scotch ex-
traction, the founder of the family in Canada.
Some time after coming to Canada John Ross
came into possession of Bourd.)ll Island. near
)jontreal, in the St. Lawrence river, and :11so
owned and conducted the ferry iine between this
Island anò the mainland. Both he and hi<; wife
.lied in Montreal.
Walter l\L Ross was educated in King-ston,
and about 1858 came to Toronto. where he be-
eame taxing officer at Osgoode Hall. He later
hecame clprk of the process, with (.ffic
s at Os-
goode Hall. and this position he filled until his
flpath.
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COMl\lElUORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
In 1858 Mr. Ross married Miss Sarah N. Buell,
daughtcr of the late A. N. and Caleina (Ri,'h-
ards) BuelL Mr. Buell was horn in Canada,
and his wife in the United States. He was a son
of an Unitrd Empire Loyalist, who settlej in
Brockville, during the times of the AmeL'ican
Revolution, receiving a grant of land from the
Crown, and there both he and his wife died. A.
N. Buell, father of 1\11'8. Ross, was born in 1798,
and became one of the well-known barristers of
Ontario. In 1849 he located in Toronto, :md
received the appointment of master in chan-
cery, a position he ably filled for twenty years.
He contimH'd in the service of the Crown tintil
his superannuation, and died in Toronto in
1881. lIis wife, who was born in 1809. dirù in
Toronto in 1853. They had three daughters:
:!\Irs. 0 'Hare, Mrs. Alexander Cameron, and lVIrs.
Ross. Mr. and :Mrs. BtlPll were members of the
Church of England. He was a Reformer, and
a decided anti-Family Compact advocate.
}\fl'. and 1\1rs. Ross had three children: Eh'en
'\Talter, Anùrew Norton Buell and Mabel Elsie.
The family are members of the ChUl'ph of Eng-
land. }\fl'. Ross was prominrnt in Masonic cir-
cles of Toronto, in which order he was very pop-
ular. His political preferences were with the
Conservati ves.
lION. LYMAN l\rELVIN-JO
ES, President
a.nd General Manager of the Massey-Harris
Company, Limited, of Toronto, which enjoys the
unique distinction of being the largest concern
engaged in the manufacture of agricultural im-
plements under the British flag, was born in
York County, Ont., where he was educated. HIS
father was a farmer in that district. In 1868
he entered into the mercantile btl
iness at Bee-
ton, Simcoe County. In 18í3 he gave up busi-
ness there, going to Brantford to take a posi-
tion with Messrs. A. Harris. Son & Company,
manufacturers. Four years later he was ad-
mitted to partnership, and in 1879 he moved
10 -Winnipeg, where he assnmrd thl'm;magement
of the company's busine:-.s in lU:mitoba ann. the
Xorth-West Territories.
In lR81, when the firm of .\. Harris.
on &
Company hecamr a joint-stock cf'mpimy, un'lcr
thp name of A. Han'is. Son & Compan
', IJim-
ited, he was Plected a director. In lRKÎI. he
was eIp(.ted an alderman of the ('it
, of Winni-
peg, and appointed chairman of the Finance
committee. He became mayor of that city in
1887. and wn
elected vice-prrside1lt of thr Board
of Trade. He wa!': re.eleC'ted mayor in 1888, and
in .January of that year, upon thc defeat of
he
ProvinC'ial Govprnmrnt, he accrptrd a portfolio
in the new IJiberal Government, as Provini'ial
Trrwmrpr. and rrpresented HI(> County of Sho'-11
Lake. During the ;rear he negotiated in Lun-
don, England, the first Provincial loan of
$1,500,000, to build a competing line of railw,l
'
to 'Vinnipeg, Brandon and Portage la Prairie.
In the general election of lRR8 he was elected
to represent North 'Vinnipeg.
Resigning his position of Provincial Treas-
urer in 1889, but retaining his seat in the Le6'!s-
lature until the end of the terrl1, he returned to
the city of Brantford to accrpt thr position of
-general manager of his compan.)", \\hieh had he'
n
rendrrl'<1 vacant by the suddrn death of
[r.
Jolin Harris.
Upon the formation of the :\lassev-Harris
Company, Limited. in 1891, Senator' l\Ielvin-
Jones came to Toronto, was elected a director,
and appointed general manager of the consoli-
dated companies, which position he bas ever
since occupied. and has now also heeome thp
president of the company. In 1893 he becamp
a member of the Toronto Board of Trade. [Ie
is a director of the Verity Plow Company, Lim-
ited, of BI'antford, and is prrsidrnt of the Bain
'V agon Compan
-, Limited, of ". oodstock, 3nd
in both of these associate companies he takes <In
active interest. He is also a director of the Can-
dian Bank of Commerce and the Nc.va ::;cotia
SteeJ & Coal (
Omf1an
T. Ill' is a lorge share-
l
older and a direl.tor of tIIP. f'amnla Cycle and
Motor Company, IJimited, a sharrholder in se\'-
tm[ other manufacturing companir<;, and in n
Humber of mining companies. In 1901 he \\ as
.'alled to the Senate.
Senator l\Ielvin-Jones is a mrmber of the To-
ronto Cluh, the National Club. the Cuuntry and
Hunt Club, tllP Royal Canadian Yacht Clnb, th,>
Victoria Club, all of Toronto; Rideau, Ottawa;
Grosvenor. TJoudon. England; a life member of
the Toront.o Crickrt Club, and a director or tIll'
Ontario Jockey Club. He has alwaYf: shown a
g'reat. intrrest in cricket, and encourager} t.he
practice and development of that manly
an,p,
besides supporting golf and othC'r' he'lItlry sports
:md pastimes.
In 1882, Senator Melvin-.rones married
Louis/', a danghter of ThonUls In,'in. They have
Cue daup:hter, Ramen )[clvin-Jones. The Spn-
!ltor is a memhrr of the Presbrtprinn Church.
He can wrll br reckonrd among the most t'èpre-
srntntive f'anadians of Ilis time.
FR.\XK ED'YIX PRINCE 1TR
ER, a re-
tirrd civil l'nginf'er, residing lit Bmcontlnlp, just
out.siclc of the limits of Toronto, is [( mem}).?)'
of thr wry prominmt English fomiìy of that
nam('---a fl1mily founded in Canl1t}a hy the
flJther of onr suhjrct, Robrrl .John Turner.
-Rp,.. Rieharll Turner, grall(}fatJlPr of Frank
E. P., was a minister at S1. Xi(.hohH;' ChUl'dl,
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CO:\E\IE.i\lOR.ATI\YE mO<3R.APHlCAL RECURD
:3
!}reat l<lrmouth, England, for thil.ty
'ears.
;-lis brothrr J0seph was dean of Xorwich Cath-
edral for many ;years, amI his son, Sir George
James Turner, was Lord Justice of the Court
of Common Pleas, 'Yestminster. His brothel',
Sir GharIes, was master of the Queen's Bem'h,
Temple. for many years, and Francis Turner,
an uncle of our subjl'Ct, was a prominent bar-
ri:stcr and conveyancer, London, England.
Thomas Turner was the Squire of IJincoln Inn,
of Colchester, Essex, and
Winiam was Brit ish
minister to the rnited States of Coltunbia.
Hobert John Turner was born 1\la
' 12, 1 ï95,
at Ipswich, England. He was educated in his
native country, becoming a fine classical seholm',
and he also read law and became a barrister,
whieh profession he followed on coming to Can-
ada. In 1833 he settled for a short time in
Brantford, whence he went to Kingston, where
he engaged in the pradice of his profession in
the chancery courts. When these courts were
removed to Osgoode Hall, 'roronto, :Mr. 'l'urncr
removed to that city, and erected the fine home
now occupied b
' our subject. After comin
to
Toronto 1\11'. Turner continued his practice Rt
Osgoode lIall until he became referee of titles,
and accountant-general of the Conrt of Chan-
cery, in which capacity he served until about
18ï2. in which year his death occurred. In poli-
tics he was a Ral<lwin Reformer, and in re
igion
he was cQnnectpd with the Church of England.
Hobert J. Turner married (first) 1\lm'ia Patriëk,
born in England in 1814:, daughter of Thomas
C. Patrick, an early settler of the County of
York. To this union were born the follo\\ ing
children: 1\Iaria, wife of R-ev. Arthur Boultbee,
of
\.neaster; 1\Iary Emma, who died Feh. 4,
1906; Frank Edwin Prince; and Hobcl.t Chal'h'
,
of Cloughfold. England. The mother of tl:esp
children died in 1843, and for his sccond \\ ife
l\fr. Turner married :\Irs. 'Valter Rose, by whom
he had three childrrn, namely: Geor!!e Richard.
of Iowa; Thomas 'Villiam, of Kansas City. I\lis-
s01u'i: and Charles Conrad, of \\Ïnnipeg, !lIani-
toha.
Frank Edwin Prince Turner was bom at
Rrantfor(l. .April 13, 18
8. and was educated at
the Ppper Canada College, after which he
e-
eame connected with the firm of Jackson, Peto,
Brassey & Betts. railroad contra('tors for the
Grand Trunk Railway. Here 1\11'. Turner re-
mained five years, becoming a civil engineer.
His first work outside of local (Ontario) mat-
ters, \"as in Brazil, South America, where, with
engineer Patrick Ogilvie. he constructed the
Bahia & San Francisco railroad. After fiv
and
one-half years
h'. Turner went to IJonilon, Eng-
land, and engagrd on the London, Chatham &
Doyel' railroad. as chief assistant engineer, m
\\hirh capacity he continued for three years. He
then emùarked in bu:siness in London, England,
{In his own account, and as contractor for the
.Metropolitan Board of \Y orks, {'onstrncteJ '_'x-
tfnsive sewers in London. In] b6
1 he went to
Honduras, Central
Al1lerica, as dÜef engine,,:,
for 'Yaring Bros. & .McCandlish, and built the
first section of the Honduras Inter Oceanic Rail-
road from Puerto Caballos to the Rio It enta.
'!'he work on the second section was cut off on
account of a re\ olutioll, and :\11'. Turner r
turned
to Toronto, whence he went, in 18T!. to Buenos
A
Tes, Argentine Repuhlic, as chief engineer
and agent for Clark, Punchard & Co., and built
the railroad from Buenos A
Tes to the Port of
Campana. In 1b80 .Mr. Turner went to J>ara-
hyba. Brazil, and built for "ïlson, Sons & Co.,
the Conde D 'Eu Railroad, on the completion of
which in 1883 he returned to his Toronto home,
and has since lived retired at Bracondale, in
thr old homestead built by his father, whi
'h our
suhject now owns.
Not only as an engineer is .i\Ir. TurneL' well
lmo\\n in Toronto and the County of York! but
as a public oflicial as well. In 1882 he was
elected dcputy reeve of York township. and was
a member of the eounty council. In 1883 he was
elected by acclamation; and again so elected in
1!I01 and 1903, and is at the present time an
honored member of that august body. From
1882 to 1892 :\11'. Turner was president of the
Albany Consen'atÌve Club, and sin(
e the latrer
year has been honorary vice-prpsident. He is
a life meJI1ber of St. George's Society and of the
ons of England. and he is also connected with
the l\Iasonic fraternity. In 1863 he became an
associate member of diP Institute of Civil LU-
,giueers, Great George street, London, England.
lIe was a member of the first b08l'd of direct.
ors of the Empi1'e, now the Jlail and EmpÏ1'p, of
Toronto.
FREDERICK WIUJIA1\1 J
\RVIS, Shel'lff
of the Counties of York and Peel for thirty
years, was one of Toronto's best Imown and mm,t
esteemed citizens. He was born at the old .J ar-
vis homcstead in the to\\ nship of Toronto Fè1Jru-
ary the 7th, 181R. III' came of a F. E. Loyal-
ist family. His grandfather was in command
of a tI'oop of horse in the American Rebellion,
and at thc elose of the war he went to :'-Jew
Brunswick. settling there in 1783. Some
'ears
aftf>r the family came to this part of the coun-
tl'y.
!III'. Stephen .Tanis and Secretary Jarvis were
fir-;t l'ollsins of diP same sto('1;: as the well-known
Bio.;\lOp ,T al'vis of Connecticut and tlIp Church
historian, Dr. Samuel Farmer .r anis. Both
\Wl'e officers in incorporated Colonial rrgimpnt'i..
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COllIl\IElI'IORA'l'IVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
Both came to C'ëIßada as rnitl'd Empire Loyal-
ists, antI wpre the foundl'rs of the leading Can-
adian family to whirh the fÎJ'st Sheriff Jal'vis
IJPlonged.
::\11'. Samuel Peters Jarvi
. from whom Jarvis
street has its name, was the sOn of Serretèlr.,'
Jarvis.
Starr Jarvis, father of thl' second Sheriff, sd-
tlpd in the to\\ nship of Toronto, and his brothel'
"\Yilliam Botsford JaITis becamp Sheriff of the
county. Another brother-afterward J udgp
.Tani,> of ('ornwall. Ont.-\\as in tll(' militia and
was woundefl nnd ta];;:('n IH'isollpr at the battle
of Quppnston Heights. wherp General Brock was
kiHpd. HI' marripd :\Iiss Crawford. of Broek-
villI', who dic'd leaving one son and five dau
h-
tel's. After hpr dpath hI' m81'l'Ìpd
\Iiss ::\Iolln-
tain, a relativp of thc first Bishop of Lower Can-
ada, who left two sons: Satter l\Iountain, a bar-
rister, and .hthnr, a clel'g-ynulIl of the Episro-
pal C'hurrh.
Young F. W. Jarvis was edueatpd at rpper
Canada ('ollege. On leaving he undertook the
management of hi/> father's large farm, hut nfter
somp
'ears left to become Dl'puty Sheriff. .\t
thE' death of his nnrle. who had occupied the of-
fice for twenty years. he succ('('ded him. Hi'>
appointment was wry popular. and he rec'pÌve'l
wm'm letters of cougratulation from many
prominent lawyp)'s and ritizells of Ontario. Bl'-
fore coming to Toronto. he mal'l'ied a daughter
of ('aptain Sk
'nne)', British R. N.-
Fredpri('k "\YillilUu J è\l'\"is had fi"e childr('n.
The eldest died very young. I lis onl)T daughtpr
married Rev. R. h Brydges, formerly of this
cit:r, but now rector of St. 1\lark's Church. !slip.
Xew York. His rldest son lin's in the rnited
Statps. IIis second. Fl'pth'riek (,lare))('P. is n
harrist.er in Toronto. The yonngest. Edmnnd
)Ieredith. is in thp C/'Own TJèlnds Office.
The Sheriff' witnpssed JJlHIJ
-1 ("({.iting inci-
dents of TOI'onto's early life. TIe had charge
of a number of pri;,OIH'l's taken during th..
Fenian Iuvn,>ion. During tht' rehellion of 1837,
he served in the Quepn's Rang'Pl's. wa
appoint(,ll
"Captain SkYDner had leù aD ad
'enturous life, enter-
ing the na
'y as midsltipman when YelY young. On one
occasion h(' "as taken prisoner in Egypt, but made his
.'''cape and slept in caves three nights with a stone for
his pillow. HI' hatl shar('d the perils of )íelson's career
ant! been in all his battles but that of Trafalgar, missing
which was the rC'gret of his life. But on that occasion
he "as on one of tho ships sent to recounoiter. On the
death of NC'lson and close of the \\ar he was gi\C'n the
command of a ship of war to protect the commerce of
the :\Ieùiterrallean. then infested with pirates, and re-
mained in that position for several years. On leaving
he was presented a han<lsome piece of plate "by Th(>
Merchants and others re,>iding in Maita as a token of
respect for his very meritorious conduct and unremitted
attention to the numerous convoys under his charge while
in the Mediterranean." H(>" as also givC'n two rewards
of honour.
Captain in the First Battalion of York Militif'.
by Lord Elgin. and received a further commis-
sion from fjord Elgin, appointing him Captain
of the Third Battalion of Toronto l\Iilitia. in
August, 18;)2. He was called out in active serv-
ice, and was one of those who saw the "Caro-
line" go 0\'1'1' the Falls. lIe marched up Yonge
street under arms with the Infantl'.", at thp time
of the burning of ::\Iontgomery's tavern, in 1837.
In private life he was a quiet, courte01l8 gen-
tlell1è\n, respected anù popular with those who
knew him best He was for many years a mem-
her of St. Peter's Church, Carlton street, a
c1ull'ehwarden, and a delegate to the Synod; a
strong supporter of "\VycIiffe College and mem-
her of the Council. lIe wa,> deepl
' interf'sted in
the )limico Industrial Sehool and a number of
eharities.
lIEXRY ST. GEOROE BAIJDWIK While
Toronto numhers among its residents manv
whose families have been
identified with the hi
-
tory of Ont.ario from its earli('st days. th<'l'e are
few who can trë1ce their atH'estors baek for so
many generations in the old cOlmtry as can
TIpnr.,' S1. neo)'ge Baldwin. 1011g one of thp eit
, 's
\vpll-known husiness n1('IJ. hut who for S01nP
ears ha
h('el1 lÌ\.ing rt,tilwl at Xo. :10 Tjowtlw)'
ël\'pnue.
The Bald \\ in family has hl'en established in
Canada for over a century, but was originaliy
from Ireland, where, perhaps. the best known
among' tlll' Baldwin prog't'IJitol'!< was .T ohn, who
was may()r of COrl, in 173fì.37. .Tohn Baldwin
was descended from Henry, through Thomè\s,
.JaIJ\(,s and .Tohn, the last nanwd of whom 1118)'-
ried )Iï..,,, Catherine ('orli
s. John Baldwin,
mi1YOl' of ('ork, married Barham, danghtpr of
William Spread. of ('OI'k, by whom he haa six-
teen d1Ïldl'l'lJ. Of this fmnil
' nine ('amp to Cr.n-
alIa. Onl
- two out of tllis large family were
sow,. and the young-l'r, who hecaJllP well-known
in Toronto a<; the Hon. Hohel't Baldwiu. was
111(' fonndel' of the name in Canada. III' w:J.
hol'll in lrda])(l Aug'. 21. 1741, crossed the ocean
in lïO
I, and
('ttlpd in 'I'm'onto, wl1l're lie ciied
:'\ov. 2-1. ]
ll). With all the later growth of the
I.ity. whil'h in his di1Y \\"as rllllrd York. and with
its g-radllal transformation from a )'egion of
f)'og-pomls and fon'sts to a eit.\ of hpautiful
f'otreets and handsom(' rrsidrncps. the Halrlwins
haw' hl'('n lar
.!'ely ('oneerned.
D,'. \\ïlliaJll "\Yllrrp11 Baldwin, son of Robert,
WIIS h()m neil!' Cork. ApI'Ì12.J. 1775, and on com-
in:! to Canada. first liH'fl on a farm in Clarke
township. but within a few
'ears movpd to
Toronto and there followed the professions of
hoth law and medicine. For some time he acted
as jndgr in that city. lIis political principles
COl\Il\IEl\IORATI\TE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
2;)
"ere those of the Reform party. On May 31,
lS03, Dr. William W. Baldwin was married to
Miss
Iargaret Phoebe 'Willcocks, like himself a
native of the city of Cork. Both were members
of the Church of England. The children born
to thPIll were as follows: Robert, born )Iay 12,
180:1: (who died Dec. 9, 18:>8); Augustus Wil-
liam, 1805 (who died in infanc
') ; Heur;y, Jan.
ï, 1807 (who di_ed l\Ia
T 12, 1820); William A.,
ept. :1:, ltì01:) (deceased June 14, 1883); Quet-
ton St. George, Jan. 4, 1810 (deceased Nov. 30,
1829). .
'Villiam Augustus Ballh"in was bol'll in To-
ronto and was educated in that city by Bishop
Strachan. On attaining manhood he became a
farmer and started out on Lots 22 and 23. Con-
cession 2, near the Bay, "hich he cleared up
from bush land into valuable farming property.
His death in 1883 occurred on this old home-
Rtead. William A. and also his IH'other Robert,
who was for many years Attorney-General for
Canada, were members of the Reform party in
politics. William
\. Baldwin's first wife was
:\liss Isabella Clark Buchanan, daughter of
J ames Buchanan, who was at one time Bri tish
{;onsul at Xew York. She bore her husband the
following children: Phoebp, l\Irs. LpF'rey, de-
eeaspd; HpDl'Y St. George; James Buchqnan;
'Yilliam Augustus; Robert Russell; Aemelius;
and Isabella Eli7.abeth. After )11'8. Baldwin's
death, her husband \\ as united to Miss Margarrt
Fry Maclpod, who was born in the Isle of Sk
'e,
and "ho is stiU living, a resident of Toronto. To
this union ehildren w<:-re born as follows: Jane:
Elizabeth Å.; Anna
Iaria: Martin :t\Iacleod:
JJ8wrence lIa
'den; Margaret Macleod; Norman
:.'\Iacleod and Charles .John Ma!'leod, all born on
the old farm home.
Henry St. George Baldwin was born in 1837,
lIml he receÏwd his education in Fpper Canada
Collegp. For a while after completing his stud-
il's he remained at home on the farm, and then
he entered thl' Bank of Toronto, where for t
vpn-
t
.-two ypars he held prominpnt positions. Hince
f-;l','ering his ('C'lJIH'etion with the hank l\Ir. Bald-
"in has bpen mgèlged in looking a fter his own
property and the cio;tate left h
T his fl1ther. His
marriage occurred in 186!J, "hpn he was united
with l\Iiss Amelia Rarah Pentland. horn in (
ue-
bee. daughter of ,Yo G. Pentland. deceased, of
Cobourg.
)11'. and 1frs. Baldwin are the parents of three
,_.hildren. only two of whom are living. The old-
est son, Bertram St. George, was born in )1ont-
rpl11, auò died in ']'oronto. Harold
\ug-nstus.
borIl in Toronto, i
in the TJondon TJancaster 'Fir
Insurance Company of that eity. The daughtpr.
Ethel Isalwlla, is at homp. The family are JOem-
Ilf.rs of thp Chur(.h of England. Tn polities
fr.
Baldwin is a strong and ardellt ('onscrvative.
The home at Ko. 50 Lo\\ther avenue was built
b,- )11'. Baldwin in 1878. He sustains an ad-
;
irahle reputation, both morally alld financially,
!ll1d the famil
' arc among thc most esteempù
"f Toronto's residents.
JOlIX HYAX. 'fhe late John Ryan, of To.
nmto, was wpIl known as a prominent railway
l'ontractor. Ill' was born Dec. 25, 18;H, in
Doone, County Tipperary, Ireland, and died
1arch 21, 1902, at his residence, No. 621 Jarvis
street, Toronto, Ontario. In 1843 thc family emi-
g-rated from Ireland, and settled in the Province
of Quebec.
At an eady age 1\11'. Hyan was intcreste\.l in
the constmction of pcrtions of the Grand Trunk.
the Chicago & Alton, the BrockvilIe & Ottawa,
and the Intprcolonial raihva)'s, the Ottawa wa-
1prworks, etc.; and from 1879 to 1882 built one
hundred miles of the Canadian Pacific, west of
Winnippg. It was during the Luilding of this
pipce of work that the first locomotive was
brought into Winnipeg. 'fhis was accomplished
b
' la)'ing a track on the ice across the river from
81. Boniface. In 1883-84 :Mr. Ryan enga'
ed in
the construetioll of the Ontario & Quebec l'ail-
,\ ay. Prom 1889 to 1895 he was associated Witll
his ùrothpr, the late
Ir. Hugh Ryan, and with
)[1'. 1\1. .J. lIaney. of Toronto, in the construc-
tion of the Sault Ste. l\Iarie canal, and in 1897-
98, with .:\11'. Allan R. Macdonell, of Montreal,
successfully !"ompleted. the locks at Cascade
Point, on the Soulanges ('anal. It will thus he
seen that. 1\11'. R
'an was one of the most exten
-
ive ('ontractors in Canada; he was also a prom-
inent n'sident of tIw P1'O\'incp, and was weIl
known thl'ong-hout the Dominion.
In 18(j:j ':\[1'. Ryan lUarried Miss l\Iargaret Isa-
bella, fourth daug-hter of Roderick l\IcSween, of
Brock\"ille, Ont. )I1'. and l\Irs. Ryan rpsided in
Brock,'iIle 0"1'1' thirty years, and were devoted
and loyal citi7.ens, deeply intf'rested in its wel-
fare and a(h'ancpmpnt. In 1894 the family
mo\"Crl to TOr()llÌO.
[rs. Ryan died April 24,
190fì. Fiw ehildren survived her, namply:
Hph'n 1Iargaret, 'wife of Allan R-. l\Iacdon ell ,
()f )[('ntl'eal: Rode1'i!"k :\1cRwcpn: Hugh Alpx-
a11(lpr: Isoll(.1
larg81'et, ßnd John Raymond.
)I1'. and .:\Irs. Hyan were memhers of the Romflll
Catholic Chlll'ch. During l\I1'. Ryan's short
residencf' in TlIl'onto Ill' lwcame a memh
l' of
the hoard of trust.'!.s of the Genpral and :)f St.
:\lichael'8 ITospihll. and a director of the Home
Ravin
awl IJoan ('(1,mpan
'. anò of the C'athoìic
Charitips Hoard.
PREDERIC'K ETJDOX nIXOX wh!! died
wry sndtlf'nly in Toronto.
o,'. n. 190;;. was
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COl\IME
IORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
engaged in the leather beHing business in that
city at 1\0. 3() "\Yellington strcet ealSt.
The Dixons are of S('ot('h descent, and have
the same crest, etc., as the Homer Dixon."'. In
1690 one of the Dicksons went over to Ireland
and raised a troop of horse, taking part ;n the
battle of the Bo
ne, in which he lost an arm.
FOl" his services in the King's army King Wil-
liam III. granted him a large tract of land in
County T
'rone, Ireland, which remained in the
family until the close of the eighteenth century.
A direct descendant of the founder of the fam-
ily in Ireland was the grandfathpr of .Mr. P. E.
Dixon, one "\Villiam Dixon, who was born, lived
and dipd in the Emerald Isle. His sons who
came to Canada were: (1) Alexander; (2)
Joseph. who was assessor of Toronto for many
ears, had three sons: \Vi1liam. who held the
rank of major in the Imperial army and died
some years ago, in Scotland; the others are now
living in Toronto, Rev. Canon H. C. Dixon and
Alexander Dixon of Norwich Union.
Alexander Dixon was the father of Frederiek
E. Dixon. He was born in Ireland, De('. 27,
J 792, and came to Canada in 1830, settling in
Toronto, where in 1835 he became a member of
the municipal council in that city, representin2
tile St. Lawrence ward from 18
3 to 1844 :\11'.
Dixon was for many years engaged in the sad-
dlers' hardware trade in Toronto, where h
died
in 1855. In politics he was a Conservative. He
was a memher of the Church of England. In
1814 Mr. .Alexander Dixon married E::;thcr
()'Dwyer, who died in 1877. They had "evel'a]
(.hildren: Archdeacon Dixon, of Guelph; W:.1-
Ham, head of the Canadian Emigration Office.
who dic>d in London, England, in 1873; ,Ie.hn.
,,'ho was accidentally kmed in Toronto in
90;
;
l'rec1crick Eldon; and five daughters.
Fredel'ick E. Dixon was born in Toronto in
]8:14. He was educated at Ppprr Canada Col-
lege, and after spending some time in different
lines of work in 1871. established himself as a
manufacturer of leather beHin!.!. in which he
!',u('cc>ssfull
' pngèll!c>d until his death.
In 1R61 1\11'. Dixon joined the" Queen's 0" n
Rifles," serving during the F('nian Rnid anii rl'-
ceiving the General Service medal. After s"ypn
anù one half years' service he I etired with the
rank of major.
In 18(jR Major Dixon married :\Iiss !lIar..,h, of
Lonòon, ()nt., who died in 18f)
. To this \Inion
,"pre born: l\Irs. II. G. Gillespie, of New York:
Harold \Y. D., who scrved WitIl the 1st Can-
adian Routh African Contingpnt (medal anJ
four cIns}>s) IIlHI is now in Xew York; Mrs. Ed-
\"ards. of En!!ll1nd; Lf'wis. and Eldon, both of
Toronto.
In politics ::\11'. Dixon ,,'as a Conservative. an,l
ill religion a member of the Church of EDf!-
land.
GEOFFREY BOYD, B.A.,
\1.B., a special
practitioner, living at No. 167 Bloor street e
t,
Toronto. is 11 member of a family of long stand-
ing in this commlmity. He is a son of Sir John
Boyd, the well-known Canadian jurist, whnse
si,etch appears elsewhere.
Dr. Boyd was born in Torollto in 1867. His
early eòucation was received in the Upper Can-
ada College, Toronto Collegiate Institute and
Trinity College School. Returning to Upper
Canada College, he matriculated in 1884. and
then went to the Pniversity of Toronto, from
which institution he was graduated in 1888. re-
ceiving the dp[!ree of B.A. In 1891 he received
his :\I.B., on ('())npleting his COurse in the mcdi-
cal department. After graduating in medicine
the Doctor f<ppnt one year as house surgeon at
the Toronto General Hospital, from which posi-
tion he changed to become surgeon on the Can-
adian Pacific Company's steamship, "Empress
of Japan," plying between Vancouver, B.C., and
Hong Kong, China. In this eapaf'Ïty Dr. Boyd
remained one and one-half
'ears, and then, in
1895, after a few months' study in New York,
settled in his native cit
" in the general practice
of his chospn profession. He continued thus
until 1906, when he gave up general practice
and confined himself to spf'cial work in disease's
of the ear, nose and throat.
In 1896 Dr. Boyd and :\Iiss Ethel Farnswarth.
of Memphis, Tennessee, were united in mar-
ril1ge, and they have had three children: .fohn
Alexander. Xancy Farnsworth, and EIÏJmbt'th.
Dr. and l\Irs. Bo
'd are members of the Angh-
('an Church.
Dr. Boyd is associate in Laryngolog-y and
Rhinology in the University of Toronto lVIedical
Faculty, and is a member of the staff of both
the .Toronto General and the Sic'],; Children's
Hospitals. He is also connected with the vari-
(.us cf>unt,.y alld locèll medical societies.
nox. \\"ILLLUI DOPGIú\R B.AIJFOn
,
::\I.P.P., late' Provincial Spcretary of the Prov.
ince of Ontario. was horn ín F'orfarshire, Scot.
land, Au
. 2, IS:Jl, son of David Balfour. a
)))('mlwr of a Kine'ardilwshire family, and his
wife .TlHwt Douglas. In 18:J7 Dl1vid Balfour
and his family spttled at St. Catharines, wht're
:\11'. B},]fonr engag-ed in railroading, and \\"herp
he died in 18!"J9, his widow surviving until Xo-
vemher, 190;).
Of a family of five childrpn, William Doug-
las Balfour was the eldpst. He received his pre-
liminary education in t]l(' public schools, and
!'uppJempnted this with a course at Grantham
.'
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C01\DIK\lOR.\ TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
ï
Academ:r, St. Catharines. At the age of fifteen
)'ears he began teaching, at \\ hich he continued
1'01' th'e years, during whieh time he was con-
);eetpd with the St. Catharines Board of Trade
anll also Librarian of the .;\lee]wnics' Institute.
In 18ï
:.\11'. BalfoUl' established the St. Cath-
arines Dai1r and "-eekly .Yews, in partner;:;llip
with )11'. R. )1atheson. This fiInl dissolved in
ltiï 4.
lr. Balfour l'emoving to Amherstburg,
\\here, with John .\uld, :\I.P.P., under the firm
nault' of DalfoUl' & Auld, he published the .\m-
herstlmrg Echo. This partnership continued
until IRS;). when a joint stock compan
' was
formed under the name of the Echo Printin
Company, 1\11'. Balfour being president of the
company, a position he held until his death. In
It'ìï5 )11'. Balfour was elected s('hool trustee of
Åmhersthm'g, and re-electecl for four suc
e"""ive
years, durin
which time he was C'hairman of
th(' board. In 18ï8 he was {:]ected reeve of
Amhersthurg, and wa,; ex-officio memher of the
county council of Essex, as such serving as the
C'hairman of the Finance and Educational com-
mittf'cs. as ,,'cll as auditor of the C'riminal justiC'e
accounts. In 1879 he contested the election for
Routh Essex in the local house with Louis "Wigle,
)I.P.P., and was defeated. the riding bcing
strongly C'ons
rvati\"e.
Ir. Balfour again con-
tested. the election a!Z'ainst Peter Wright. reeve
of Colchester Routh, and carried the riding l)y
a majority of seventy-two, thus turning the as.
pect of the riding to the Reform party, whose
principles have since prevailed in the elections
in that ridin
. )11'. Balfour's first appearance
in tllP local house of Ontario was in 1
S2. In
188
hI' again took his seat in the ]oeal House,
retiring from the council of .\mhprstbur
.
This was at the
eneral election of that year, his
opponent being- Thoma<; B. White, reeve of AmI.
erdon township. He served on the following
committees: Public Accounts, Printing, Mun;ci-
pal Railways and Private Bills. It was Mr. Bal-
four who introduced the biH providing for the
admission of Delos R. Davis (colored), of Col-
chester, to practise law. This bill met with seri-
ous opposition, but 111'. Balfour carried his
point. and same became a law. It was mainly
through his efforts that toll roads were abolish-
f'(l For a number of yel1rs he was a director of
the South E<;sex. Anderdon and )lalden agricul-
tural sOl'ieties. and he was also a òireC'tor of thc
South Es.<;ex Farmers' Institute. He was well
informed on political histOl'
'. an ahle debater,
I1nd a member to whom thp entire House listened
with attention. Prohably "Mr. Balfour '"
reate"t
speech in tlw Parliament of Ontario was deli v-
erl'd in 1880;), in defense of the late Sir Oliver
":\Iowat's Redistribution bill. In lR!),'j :\11'. Bal-
four was Speaker of the House. and in 18,911 was
appointed provincial secretar:r, a position which
he was ably filling at the time of his death, which
occurred in the Parliament Building, Toronto,
Aug. El, 1896.
In 1ðï6 )11'. Balfour was united in marriage
with :\liss Josephine Brodhead, daughter of the
late Cot. T. F. Brodhead, of Grosse Isle, "hu
was commander of a l\Iiclllgan Cavalry Brigade,
and who lost his life on the field of Manassas,
Virginia. Colonel Brodhead was ùorn at ::\ew-
market, )Jew Hampshire, U.S.A., in 1819, and
was a gallant soldier, as well as a good citizen
and a Christian gentleman. Ill' and his wife,
Archange :;\1acom b, who was born on Grosse Isle,
l\1iclllgan, Jan. 21, 1820, had children as fol-
lo\\s: :'Ill's. Balfour, John Thornton, 1\1ary Jpan-
cUe (now :\lrs. J. K. Webster, of Detroit), Ellen
1\1acomb, Catherine .Julia and Elizabeth Adams
f:à1rs. Fred Howard. of Gro!':"e Isle). Archange
placomb) Brodhcad was a daughter of "\Yilham
and Janet ()larentette) "Macomb (Jlr. Macomb's
first wife was .Janet Na,'arre). \\ïlliam 1\laeomb
was a son of "\Yilliam )1acomb, Sr., who founded
the family in the United States. William Mac-
cmb and his brothers, Alexander and John, at
one time owned Grosse Isle, Sugar Island !lnd
about one-half of Detroit, Michigan, in which
city 1\1rs. Balfour, widow of our subject, was
horn. He owned also the Thousand Islanlls, in
the St. Lawrence.
To the Hon. William D. Balfour and wif
the
following children were born: Thornton B., of
Amherstburg; Jessie L.; :;\Iollie W.; Wiìliam
Douglas; David Arthur; Eleanor l\lacomb: Ed-
ward Blake: and J osephir:.e Archange. In his
religious faith 111'. Balfour was a Presbyterian,
and in his fraternal connections a member of
the LO.O.F.
On the death of 1\11'. Balfour his widow ,>old
out his interest in the printing husiness at Am-
hersthurg to )11'. .John
\nld. and settled in To-
ronto, \\ here she now resides. The popularity
of the late )11'. Balfour may be seen trom the
fact that he turned a strong Conservative
riding (South Essex) to a strong Reform cou-
stituency. IIis able speeches in Parlil1ment,
whidl were dis('ussed in all the Ipading papers
in the Dominion. madf' his name a household
word, and the several hills f1'l1mC'd by him :md
enacted int.o 18\\"s through thp influence of his
perRuasive arguments on the floor of the Honse
place him in the front rank of the politicallig-hts
of his day and generation.
The late Colonel Brodhead, fatJwr of )lrs.
Balfour, liS he lay woundf'd after the battle of
1Ianassas, wrote to his l)rother at 'Yashinlrto n ,
D.C., the following Iptter, the woi'ds of which
have subsequently hepn set to mllsie. appearing
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COl\I1\lE1\IORA TIVE BIOG RAPHICAL RECORD
ill sheet form, with a full page portrait of Col-
onel Brodhead On the front cover:
"I am passing now from earth, but send you
10\ e from my d
'ing couch. For all your love
.and kindness you will be rewarded. I have
fought m
mfully and now die fearlessly. But
the Old Flag will triumph yet. The soldiers
will regild its folds polluted by imbecility and
treason. I haù hoped to have lived longer, but
1 die amid HiP ring and clangor of battlc, M I
could wish. Farewell. To you, and the noble
officers of the regiment, I confide my wife and
children. "
SIR IlCCiU ALIJAN. Probably no firm is
more widelJ' known than the Allan Steamship
Company, of which the late Sir Hugh Allan was
a memuer and one of the founders. Sir Hugh
"as born in Saltcoats, County of Ayr, Scot-
land, Sept. 29, 1810, second son of the late Capt.
\le"\.aI1ller Allan, long and fm'orably known as
a popular and successful shipmaster between
the f'lyde and l\Iontreal.
Brought up on the sea coast, his fathl'r and
two brothers sea-faring men, Sir Hugh early be-
came familiar with all things nautical, and on
selecting a life work he turned naturally to the
sea. In 1824 his parents removed to Greenock,
and he became a clerk in the well-known firm
of Allan, Kerr & Co., acquiring a knowledge of
the management of ships and the keeping of
their accounts. Â t the end of a
'ear, acting on
l'aternal advice he came to ['anada, sailing from
Greenock for l\Iontreal April 12, 1826, in the
brig "Favorite," of which his father was com-
mander. His first three J'l'ars were spent as
clerk for William Kerr & Co., in the dry goods
business, learning bookkeeping in connf>ctioll
with commer!'ial affairs. He acquired a thor-
ough knowledge of the French language and im-
proved himself by study. He then determined
to visit home, but first took whl1t was then a long
trip, going to New York, and returning by way
of the Hudson River and Erie canal throug11
Buffalo, Kiagara Fans, Toronto, ek Sailing for
Scotland, he visited also some places in Eng-
hllld, l'l'turning" to :\Iontreal in the spring of
lS:n. Entcring as clerk the firm of James Mil-
lar & ['0., engagpd in huilding and Railing Rnips
and as com,mission mer('hants, he aequired the
foundation of his Imowlec1gc of thc business that
was later of advantag(' in thc dc\'elopment of
thl' Allan Steamship Company. Sir Hugh had
risen from thp position of humhle clerk to a
member of the firm, and in IR:>6 with fonr
steamers his own line began operations. The
history of the development of this line is t
e hi<.;-
tory of Canadian commerce. \Vith the Allan
Steamship Compan,\T Sir Hugh was eonne('tpd
until his death, and his sons, Montague of Mont-
real and Brice of Boston, have succeeded theÜ'
father in the business. In addition to his in-
terest in the Allan line Sir Hugh was largely
interested in various enterprises in Montreal,
in which city he made his home. He was presi
llL-nt of the Merchants Bank of Canada; the
Vale Coal, Iron and Manufacturing Com-
pany; the Thunder Bay :::;ilver Mining Com-
pany; the Canadian Rubber Company; the
Cornwall 1\Ianufacturing Company; the l\Iont-
real Cotton CompanJ'; the Williams Manufac-
turing Company j the Adams Tobacco Company;
the Provincial Loan Company; the Academy of
Music Company j the St. Lawrence anù Chicago
Forwarding Company j th(; :\Iontreal and West-
eJ'n IJ8nd Company; the North-\Vestern Cattle
['om pan.\" ; the :\Iontreal Telegraph Company;
the Halifax and Cape Breton Railway and Coal
Company; the Citizens Insurance Company; the
Canada and NewfOlU1dland Scaling and Fish-
ing Company; and for many years of the Riche-
lieu & Ontario Navigation Company. He was
yice-president of the 1\Iontreal Rolling Mills
('ompany, and a director in the Acadia Coal
('ompany, the Ontario Car Company, an.'\. the
:I[ontreal Elevating Company.
On Sept. 13, 1844, in l\Iontreal, Sir Hugh
\llan married 1\Iiss Matilda Smith, daug-htcr of
.John Smith, a rnited Empire Loyalist. The
Smith" eame from England to the Pnited Stah>s
prior to the Revolution, and as they would not
take up arms against the Crown in that trouble,
left the States ßnd settled in Canada, malÜn
their home in l\Iontreal. Sir Hugh and Lady
\Jlan had thirteen children, five sons and eight
(laughters. In his religious faith Sir Hugh was
. II Presbyt!>rian, as was also his wife, who dipd
some twe1\'e month,,; prior to her hushand. In
polities he was a Conservativ
. In recogni-
tion of courtesies extended to II.R.II. PI'iuce
.\rthur, on the O<'casion of his visit in 1869, and
of his own serviccs to commerce, he was knighted
lIy Queen Victoria in 1871.
Sir Hugh Allan died in Edinburgh, Scotland,
Dec. 9, 1882. The Montreal Gazette, Dec. 11,
18R2, said editorially: "In his death it maJ' be
tl'Uthfull,\' said that the foremost ('()mmprcial
man of Canada, the man whose name ha.<; been
most intimatcl,\' asso('iated with its commercial
adnlIleement. has pa!"sed away. · · · · ·
Death is a \'isitOl' \\hich spares neither rich nor
poor, old nor young, the useful nor the useless.
But thel'e is this amid the sorrow and mouming
of to-day, as a consolation, that he ,,'ho has
passl'!1 from us ha:s left the rpcord of a life act.
i\'el,\' and usefully spent, and monunl('nts of his
life's work by whieh he will always be g-ratp-
fnlly remembered hy the peoplp of Canaùa."
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9
ROBERT ðl-LLIV AX,
I.A., who died in
Toronto in 18iO, was born in the Queen City in
1837. He was the younger son of the lIon. Rob-
ert Baldwin Sullivan, Judge of the Queen's
Bench and afterwards of the Common Pleas,
who was written of as follows in Read's "Lives
of the Judges":
"Robert Baldwin Sullivan was one of the
builders of the Canadian constitution of 1841.
Besides being a judge in the Province, he was
the architcct of his m\l1 fortune. Mr. Sullivan
was an Irishman, born of Irish parents, who
lived at Bandon, near f'ork, in Ireland. His
father, Daniel Sullivan, during the trouble of
li9S, was engaged in trade, making money, if
not a fortunc, in suppl
'ing the troops with
I'ecessaries during that remarkable pcriod of
Irish histor
.. Daniel Sullivan had been intend-
ed for the Church, was a student of Trinity Col-
lege, carried off the Grand Prizc, and was other-
wise \\ ell educated in cla.<;sical learning. Whcn
the full time came for his taking on the vows of
the L'niversity, he quarrelled with the Thirty
:Kine Articles; rather than submit, he betook
himself to trade. Hence he became a dealer in
merchandise rather than in Church doctrines.
Hc marricd )1iss Baldwin. sister of Dr. Bald-
win, whose name is as familiar t6 Canadians of
the past as of the present. Daniel Sullivan had
four sons, Daniel, Rohert, Hl'nry and AU!!1.1'itUS.
"Robert, the second son, was born Aug. 2-1,
1802. He was a bright, intelligent boy, quicl
to
learn, and able, to a remarkable degree, to re-
tain knowledge he acquired. Bis early edupa-
tion wa.<; in the private schools of Bandoll, sup-
plemented by his father, who instructed him in
thc classiC'al and higher edncation. In it;!9,
through the inducements of Dr. Baldwin and
others of the Bald\\ in family, Robert Sullivan's
father came to Canada. 'Yhen Daniel Sullivan
arri\ ed in Toronto. he enlisted in trade, open-
ing a store just east of the present site
of St. James' Chureh, on King strpet.
It was customary in those days for
the boys of the family to assist their
fathers in the work of the shop. This, how-
ever. did not suit Robert, and he turned his at-
tentiün to the study of law. On passing his ex-
amination he entered the office of his uncle, Dr.
Baldwin (who wa.<; a lawyer as well as a ph;\'si-
cian), where he passed his five ;,.ears of proha-
tion, and was called to the Bar in 1828. As
soon a.<; he was called to the Bar Robert Sullivan
determined to strike out for himself, and settled
at Vittoria, County Xorfolk. He had becn in
Vittoria but a few years, "hen he wa", "!aUed
upon by Dr. Morrison and his fricUfls to act a.<;
his counsel before the Legislative Assemhly, in
his contest with 1\11'. ,Tohn Beverley Robinson,
for the Parliamentar
' seat of York. This
vas
a spirited contest, both out of, and in, Parlia-
mcnt. :md resulted in )11'. Robinson retaining
his seat.
"Mr. Sullivan acquitted himself so well before
the Legislature in this trial of strength, that
friends at once took him by the hand and insisted
on his coming to York, where he would receive
their patronage and support. Aeting on this
appeal of his friends,
lr. Sullivan in 18:30 re-
moved from Vittoria to the capital and became
a junior partner in the office of his unde. lIe
rapidl
' rose in popular favor, and when a resi-
dent of Toronto only about five years was made
mayor of the CÏt;\T, his opponent being thiJ late
William Lyon )[ackenzie. This was in 1833,
Mr. Mackenzie having been mayor the previous
year. The city council has kcpt in rem
mbrance
thc second mayor of Toronto by a portrait of
)11'. Sullivan, which hangs on the waU of the
mayor's office, at the f'ity HalL
""
hen the Rebellion broke out in December
h:i:3ï,
Ir. Sullivan buckled on his armor in de
fencc of thp Province. While :Mr. Rnllivan be-
]ieved reform nccessary in the government, he
did not think armed revolt the proper remedy.
In February, 18:3
, l\Ir. Sullivan wa.<; appomted
a Legislative conunitteeman, and in the Upper
Chamber he had charge of many bills, especially
those affecting legal matters. property and civil
rights.
Ir. Sullivan continued to hold office
until the formation of the first Baldwin Lafon-
aine administration, S
'pt. ]6. 1842, of which he
pccame a member. From the period of the
T-nion nntil his resi
nation, in 18-13,
Ir. Snlli-
van was the senior member of thc council, and
leader of the gO\Ternment of the Legislative
council. After leaving the government ì\Ir.
SullÏ\'an returned to the pra('tice of law in To-
ronto in partnership with :\11'. Shuter Smith,
l
nder the firm name of Sullivan & Smith. On
cpt. 1:). 18-1R, :ì\Ir. Sullivan was appointell to
the Queen'
Bench, to snceecd .Jndge Jones, who
had ilieil that year. On Aug. 21, 1851, l\Ir. Sul-
li\'an WR<; transfcnetl to the ConmlOn Pleas."
Mr. Justice Sullivan was twice married, first
to a daughter of Captain "Matthew. To this
marriage was bOl'U one daughter, who died in in-
fancy. :ì\Ir. Sullivan's second wife" as a daug-h-
tpr of Colonel De]atre. and by her he had ,ev-
eral children: 'Yilliam BRldwin Sullivan, also a
member of the legal profession. in Chica
o:
Robert Sullivan. the subject of this sketeh j Amy,
whose husband was Thomas Moss, Chief Justi('c
of Ontario; Emil;\'. wife of Charles Mos<;, the
present Chief Justi('e of Ontario; and l\Iarv.
wife of Yiilliam n. FRlconbridge. Chief .Justi
c
of the King's Bench.
Robert Sullivan wa<; educated at tbp Eni-
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versity of Toronto, graduating as both gold and
silver medalist. He then read law in Toronto,
in which city he was a leading barrister before
his death. In 1866 he married Henrietta Scad-
ding, the only daughter of the late Rev. Canon
lIenry Scadding, D.D., a complete sketch of
whom will be found elsewhere in tills volume.
These children were born to 1\11'. and 1\11'15. Sul-
livan: Adelaide, widow of Overton l\IcDonald.
has two children, Adelaide Helen Grant and
Hobert Overton Grant; Henry Scadding is in the
merchant marine service; l\Iabel, wife of \V. R.
Jolmston, Jr., of Toronto, bas one son, David
Scarlding.
In politics lVIr. Sullivan was a Reformer. He
was a member of the Church of England, to
whi,.h ]1,[1'15. Snlli,'an also belongs.
WILLIA;\l T. BOYD, l\I.A., of No. 181 Bloor
street east, is one of the oldest barristers of To-
ronto, and a member of a family long identified
"ith the County of York. lIe is a son of Fran-
cis and Elizabeth (Smith) Boyd, the former of
whom, born in England in 1787, died in Toronto
in 1862. and the latter, born there in 1791, died
in 1872. Francis Boyd came to Canada in lS3j
to look over the new country. He returned to
England and in 1837 brought his family to Can-
ada, settling with several other retired officers
of the Army and Navy near Riclnnond Hill. DUl'-
ill!! the visit of Lord and I
aùy Elgin to this
pount!"." thpy werp hospitahly entertained by .:\11'.
and )lrs. Boyd at Brooksid,., their fine country
home, near ltidlluond lIill. Tn politics )Jr.
Boyd was a Conservative, and in religion a mem-
her of thp Church of England.
REV. WILIJIA:\l H. WI'fImOW, l\I.A., D.D.,
F.R.R.C., of Toronto, is a descendant of an
oid Rcot\'h famil
-. His great-grandfather, John
Withrow, was born in Virginia, and about 17
3
('ame fIS a Pnited Empire Loyalist to Nova
Rcotia, whl're he and two brothers rel'pive
l
!.!rants of land. One of his sons, John 'Vithrow,
wus the
randfather of Hev. W"ilJiam TI. With
row.
.Jolm .Withrow was born in
ova Scotia. and
tlierp carried on farming and dieò. His wife,
whose maidpn name was "Thittie.', and who was
a relative of the Quakpr poet, w:u: born in Nova
cotia and died there; her mother was a TTnited
Empirp IJoyalist who came from South Caro-
lina. The children of .John 'Vi throw and h;s
wife were: .James. .fohn. Daniel, Jacob. .To,;eph,
'Yilliam, and six others.
.T anH'
Withl'()w. fatllPr of Hl'v. Wm. H. -With-
rmv. l'!Hne to Canada in 18::J::J. spttling in "11nd-
dy York," whc:re he followed I'ontractin
and
I'uildin!!. He al
o 0\\ nNl a lumhrr yard on the
site of the Grand Opera 1I0use, Adelaide street.
Toronto. lIe was a guard at the city hall dur-
ing the Rebellion of 1837-38. James Withrow
married l\Iiss Ellen Sanderson, a native of Ire-
land, and they had two sons, John and 'Villiam
II. Of these, John, who died in 1899, was a
contractor of Toronto, for several terms alder-
man of the city, and for twenty years president
of the Toronto Exhibition Board. He married
\Iiss :Margaret Foster, and they had children:
Arthnr, of Toronto; Percy, of 'Vinnipeg;
'lor-
man, of Toronto; and l\laude and Winnifred, of
Toronto.
William H. 'Yithrow was born on Bay street.
Toronto. in 1839, and received his education at
Toronto Academy, Victoria College and the To-
ronto University. Graduating from the latter
in 1
64 with the rlegree of B..\.., he obtained the
M.A. in IS65, and later the D.D. from Victoria
College. .Mr. Withrow then filled pastorates as
follows: The East and 'Vest Methodist Chur/'hes
at
Iontreal, one year; the l\Iain Street Metho-
dist Church of Hamilton, t\\ 0 years; Rice Lake,
two years, as pastor of the 'Yesleyan Church;
Davenport and Leslieville (near Toronto), two
-ears; Oli! Niagara on the Lake, three years;
"T esle
ran College at Hamilton, one year, holding
the chair of Classics ani! Philosophy. In 1874
he came to Toronto and became the editor of
"The l\Iethodist l\Iagazine." and of the Sundn;\'-
school periodil'als of the Methollist Church. in
which work he is still engaged.
Ir. 'Vithrow was married in 186-1 to Sarah
Ann Smith, who "as born at Delhi, daught>r of
John Smith. 1\frs. \VitlJl'ow died in 1901, leaving
('hildren as follows: "Tilliam James, of Ottawa,
examiner of patents, married .:\famie Burns, and
they hayl' one son, Wilfred; Ellen Rachel, mar-
ried E. H. Stafford. ::\I.D., of 'I'm'onto, and has
five chiJdl'm, Ethelbert, H('ll'll. Empl'Son, l\lar-
g'ery and Gwenùoline: l\Iiss Florl'111'e; John
F"l'derick, examiner of patents, Ottawa, mar-
ried Ida Harvey, of Toronto.
In polities i'lr. 'Vithrow is a Reformc:l'. Ife is
the anthor of many valuable works, and his ex-
tmded travels. which have carried him to every
I'ontinent of tl1P glohe, and to every State in the
{'nib'd Rtatl's with the exception of Routh Caro-
linn, haw greatly aided him in his literary work.
Among his hooks are "The Catal'ombs of R01ne."
whieh rea<:hed six editions in Britain find a wide
I'irculation in the United Stntes and Cana(la; a
"History of Canada" in a large octavo and two
others in condensed fOI'm: a series of historical
stories-" Valeria. a Tale of Ancient Romp,"
which has been translated into flern1an: "Bar-
hara Heck," "Xpville Trueman," "La'\l'eneiJ
Temple," "JJifp in a Parsonag-e"; also "The
'\ati"e TIal"'''' of .\mrril'a," "China and It!': Pen-
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:31
pIe," "Our O\\n Country," and "A Canadian
in Europe," books of travel, and other works.
He is a member of the Board of Regents and of
the Senate of Victoria University, Toronto; of
the
enate of Wesleyan Theological College,
)Iontreal; and Fellow of the Royal Society of
Canada. He has personally conducted successive
parties of nearly three hundred persons in all to
and through Europe, and took one party eight
huudred miles up the :r\lle, through Palestine,
Syria and Turkey.
IIE
RY FR
\
CIS SEFTüX. The death of
Henry Francis Sefton, of Toronto, in his eighty-
third ;year, l\Iay 21, 1892, deprived the musical
circles of the city of one of their most gifted
members, and the one to whom, more than to
an
' other individual, was due the gratifying de-
velopment of music in the Que
n City.
lr.
Reftnn's speeial
phere was vocal music, arid he
\\ as a gifted singer, the quality of his voic\1 aud
hi" method of using it bein
unusually pleasing.
He was talented as a composer and a leader of
choral societies, while in his work as director of
music in Toronto's schools-normal, model and
public-hc achieved splendid results.
Henry Frau('is Sefton was born in the citv of
\Y orcester, Englanù, in 1809, son of Francis
Sefton. of the same city. He received a thor-
ough education along both literary and musical
lines. and early in life took a prominent place
in the musical circles of his native city. He
t.ook part for many years in the celebrated musi-
cal festivals held in the Cathedrals of ,V orcester,
Gloucester and Hereford. In 1851 Mr. Sefton
sang in the great Handelian Fcstival held in the
f.ity of Loudon, England, under the patronagt'
of the late Queen Victoria, and he was presented
a commemoratÍ\'e medal of the event. He eon.
tinued his work in England until 1858, in which
year the late Dr. Ryerson, the father of the
educational flystem iu Canada, arranged, during
a visit to Loudon, to 8cC'ure
lr. Ref ton 's "erv-
ic-es - as Professor of Jinsic in the Toronto nor-
mal m1l1 model sC'hooI8. and from that time the
latter was identified with the development of
JY\uflic in this city and other towns of Ontario.
From 18!)
to IB83 }fr. Ref ton gave of his best
to Toronto, in the latter ypar retiring from act-
ive work. In addition to his work as teacher in
the s('hool.. hI' compiled a system of exercise.. and
song book. In 1860. when the then Prince of
\Vales, now King Edward VII.. visited Toeonto.
fr. Sefton rondncted the mnsieal programm
for the occasion. WlIile he: left his mark most
indelihI
'. pcrhaps. upon the mnsical devplop-
ment of the sf'hools, he was also C'losely
()n-
neC'ted with that sille of churrh work in the (
it
T.
thus becoming Imo\\"n in a variety of circlrs. and
extending his influence over a sphere much
larger than was realized during his modest, 1m-
ostentatious life. He was universally liked and
esteemed, and won for himself a high pla('e in
the regard of the citizens of Toronto. He was
faithful, painstaking anù truly musical in spirit;
his influence was far-reaching in its charaeter,
and its value can hardly be estimated.
Mr. .Sefton was survived by his wife, one son,
and six rlaug'hters. )lrs. Sefton passed away in
the eighty.eighth year of her age. Feb. 11, 1906.
.JOlI:-J
:'\IA LTJ, an ex-member of Parliament
and the collector of customs at Torouw, belongs
to one of thc old families which took part in the
founding of this beautiful and thrhing <:ity.
The
mall family is of English eÀtraction. and.
was founded in Canada b
,- one Major Small, our
subject's grandfather, a military man who ('<lme
out from England with Governor Simcoe ab
ut
lï91 as cleek of the Executive Council and f'leÙ
of the Crown and Plpas, and settled on the cor-
ner of King and Berkeley streets. In mau
<
ways he was a man of note. He retired from
1he duties of clerk of the Crown and Pleao; at
his own request, on the appoi.ntmcnt by TJord
Bathurst of his son, Charles C. Small, to fill hi.s
place, but continued in the former capacity. His
death took place in lKU. lIe i<; represented as
Laving been a man who never flincllcd from
what he believed to he his duty aud held himself
ready, at all times, to settle disputes according
to the "eode of honor." One occasion is re-
('allerl when he and Attorney-General 'Vhite
sought to settle a controversy thus, the duel
resulting in the death of :\11'. White. l'Ilajor
Small was arrested as was usual in such cases,
but this was but a form, and later he was fully
acquitted.
Major Rmall married .:\liss Eliza fi-oldsmith. a
native of the County of Kent. England. Rhe die::l
at Toronto about un!. Tn th,>ir religious f'Onn
c-
tion they werc memlwrs of the Church of Eng-
land. Their children were: .folm. who served
in the Peninsular wars, was taken prisoner but
('scaped only to die on his wa
' to Canada; James
Edwfll"d, who was one of the distinguished l1H'n
of Canada. serving as solicitor-Q'e:neral under
Lord 1I.Ietcalf, and later as a judge in County
::\Iiddlesex, where he dil'd: anrl f'harle
Coo
father of our subject.
Charles C. Small was born in 1800, in Toronto,
and died in the same city l\fareh 17, 1864. In
18
5 he suc('eeded his father to the office of clerk
of the Crown and Pleafl, a position he held until
his dpath. In addition to hi.. official dnties he
was intprestl'd in farming anrlliye stock, 0" ning
a valuable farm of ;)00 acres in Lots 6, 7 and 8.
York to" nship. ,dwre he enjoyed all kini1s of
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agl'iculturul pnr,mits, and the raising of fine
cattle. He was a. member of t.hp Agricultural
Society of County York, and the products of
his farm took many prizes at thc various exhi-
bitions. ITe inlS ('unneeted with the military
organizations of the county, was colonpl of the
Fourth Regiment of North York militia for many
yc:ars. and held other offices. Like a true C:m-
:ldian he was a lo\'er of outdoor sports, was a
finp ritie shot and the winner in many contp-òts.
In 1
27 Charlrs C. Small married Fran
es
Elizabeth Innes, born in England and edu('ated
in her native land and in France. She wa"ì high-
ly accomplished and spoke the French langHage
fhlf'ntIy. ITer death took place about 1839, in
Toronto. Her brother
\Yilliam Innes came to
Toronto about 1849. formerly having been the
0" ner of an indigo plantation in India. The
ehildren of Char1es C. Small and wife were: (1)
Louisa Elizabeth, born in Toronto, and now de-
ceased, became the wife of Rev. William H.
Ripley, of Trinity Church, and aftpr his death
she married \V. T. GDldsmith, by whom she had
childrcn: l\h's. Philips. of St. Paul, 1\Iinn.; Mrs.
Laing. of Hartford, Connecticut; Arthur, of St.
Paul; and Egbert. a physician at Seattlp, W 8sh-
:ngton. (2) .John is the subjeet of this revi<>w.
(:3) Charles C. was for SOllle years an alderman
in Toronto and died leaving a widow. (4)
Wi1liam
Innes and (5) Erlward Gokh.mith, twins, ar
both
de('eased. (6) Eliza, for many years and now
a rpsidpnt of r.ondon, England. married Jel'('my
Pemberton Ripley, now deceasl'd. and they had
these children: Mrs. Carpentrr, wife of the
rector of
t. Andrew's vicarage, Plaistow, Lon-
don: Beatrice. and Ethel.
.J ohn ::)mall was born in 1831, in Toronto, and
was educated in his home distrif't schools auel at
the Upper Canada College. His activp work in
life hrgan in 1835 whpn he be('ame taxing offi-
cpr of the Court of the Quet>n's Bench. a position
he held until 1882. During thi" peri,1d he
served on the council in his native ('ity for s()me
time and became well and favorably known to
the public, so well that in 1882 he 'was elected
to thp House of Commons to represent En-t To-
ronto. In this capacity h" serwd the city until
18!)], whpn he was appointed to his pres<,nt
position hy Rir John }Iaedonald. During his
sc:rvice in Parliament he was one of the whips of
the Conservative party. His public eareer re-
flected credit upon him personally and upon his
<,ity.
In 1856 l\Ir. Small was united in marriage with
:\Tiss
nsan :\Iargaret Boulton. a native of Ni-
a
mra, and a daug-hter of .Tames and Harriet
\ Thorn) Boulton. 1\11'. and :\Irs.
man are mem-
hers of the Churl"h of EnJ:!land.
HE
RY C' A W'l'HRA, deceased. To all "ho
are familiar with the history of Toronto, and
have followed the careers of its prominent men,
no name is better known than that of Cawthra,
associated as it is with the early development
of the city. In military records, too, the family
has been represented. One of the most statel'l
residences in the city, Yeadon Hall, was for long
years the home of one of the best known of thl"
family, the late IIenry Cawthra, a barrister and
wc:al thy man of affairs.
The Cawthra family was originally of Eng-
lish stock, and was founded in Canada in 1!;06
by Joseph Ca\\.thm. Born in England. Jos
ph
Cawthra's first destination on leaving his native
land "'fiS thp t:'nited States, but he soon joined
other Loyalists who removed to Canada. There-
he received a grant of land near Port Credit.
among the Indians, who gave him and his fam-
ily the name of Atobicontz, from the many elder
trees that grew on the shore near his nlace.
Joseph Cawthra was a man of enterprise- find
foresight, and before long establishprl himself in
Toronto, formerly known as York, where hI'
openpd the first wholesale concern in that place.
He was very suc:cessful, and became a wealthy
and prominC:llt citi7en. He died in 1842, at an
advanced age, and his wife, l\Iary 'l'urnpenny,
passed away in 184:7, in Toronto, aged eighty-six.
They had a large famil
', of whom one, \Yillinm,
was an influential man in Toronto and died there
in 1880.
.Tohn Cawthra, eldest surviving son of Joseph.
was horn in England. During the war of 1
12
he served as an officer in one of Queen Victoria's
regiments. was with General Brock at the
ap-
ture of Detroit, and at Queenston, and partiei-
pated in the hattlp of Queenston Heights. Re
settled in
ewmarket as one of its piOl1('er mer-
(-hants, was acti,'e in public nffairs, and repre-
sented C'onnt,\'
imcoe in the Parlinment of Up-
per Canada-it" first reprc:spntative after the
eparation of the county from the County of
York. Mr. Cawthra died in
ewmarket in lB.:' 1.
He married Ann Wilson, of Cumberland, Eng-
land. and they were th(' parents of four ('hil-
òren. namely: Joseph; :\Iary, deceased, "if,,,- of
the late Dr. William lVfulo('k; .Tohn; and Henry.
Henry Cawthra, youngest son of .John, wa
born at Ne\\market
ppt. 2, 1832. Aftpr f'om-
pleting his early studies he pntprpd the TTl11vers-
ity of Toronto, and then the I,aw School. bein!!
('alled to thp Bar in 18f>8. While l\Ir. Caw-
thra proved himself eminently fitted for leg-al
work, his health was not equal to the demand"
made upon it, and within a few years he was
obligpd to abandon praf'tically that 8phcrp of
activity. Thereafter he waR occupied in looking
after his private interests, whieh were of sllch
1
CO:\DIE
IORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
a scope that they gave him close connection with
,arious lines of financial institutions. He was
<I large stockholder in the Bank of Toronto, and
a director therein for OWl' thirt
- years. He
wa" also a director of the Consumer.,' Gas Com-
pany and of the Canada Permanent :\lortgagiJ S:;
Loan Company. Hc spent mnch time abroad in
scarch of health and travelled extfnsi\-ely 0VPl'
Europe. He was a great lowr of art and dur-
ing his tl'R\"e!s secured man) fine pieces of
painting and sculpture to pla\'e in his h01ll
.
1\[1'. Ca\\"thra \\ as married. in London, Eng-
land, O\'t. 6, 18:;ï, in St. George's Church, Han-
over Sf]uarc, to )liss .Annie C. l'[ills, daul!;hter
of Hon. Samuel l\Iills, of Hamilton, Senator of
the Dominion of Canada, who died in 18ï6. .:\11'.
and l'Irs. Ca\\"thra were the parents of six chil-
dr'en. of whom foul' survive, namely: (1) A.
}{aude. horn in Toronto, married :Major Henry
Brock, of Toronto. (2) Henry Vietor Holwn,
1J0l n in .J ersey, Channel hland, married :\liss
Ada Arthurs. and to this union was horn one
daughter, Yietoria Isabel. He is a barrister
and is engaged in the real e<;tate busines
m
Toronto. I :3) Helena F.. born in ToronLo. i<;
the wife of Capt. James Burnham, R.C.R.I., of
Port Hope. (4) ::\liss Graee 1\1. K., resid('S at
the old home. 1\11'. Ca\\"thra W3$ a member of
Rt. Jan1Ps' Cathedral. where a mfmorial windcw
wa'i erl>f.ted to his memo
' by his widow.
\Yhile :Mr. Cawthra was never physically equal
to the strain of the active business life to whieh
he wus otlwr\\"ise so well adapted. he maintained
his career of moderate activity up to the end
d his life, and was personally eonducting his
affairs when the end came. His deatb oef'Ul're
1
Dee. 2.\ 1904, at Yeadon Hall, and seldom has
sHf.h an ('vent ('aUed forth more widespread ('x-
prt'ssion of regret.
\monf!" the large family
connection of thc deceased were many men
prominent in public affairs, such as Sir \Villiam
:\luloek. late Postmastcr-Generaì, and various
others.
:'III'. Cawthra ,,'as mainly endeared .0 his
friends by his fine ehllracter. He was a man
of the most upright and conscientious life, but
11e\ er hard or severe in his demands for the
conduct of oth('rs. III' was ever ready and gpn-
erol1''' in response to thp appeals of the poor Ilnd
affiietprl, while with equal care hc Bought to pro-
mote the lar!!:er welfare of the C'ommunit
. as a
whole. His greater pleasure WRS in "his home, ani!
his domestiC' life was one of the utmO'it happi-
DesS. Of nnfailing hospitality, he and his wife
e\"cr weleomed to their home the hosts of fri(>nrls
who snrrounded them. One and all found the
-;mnc eordiality. for the winning tact and gra-
cious pourtesy of :\Ir. Cawthra was shown alike
to th(' King's reprpsentRtive or the humble
3
33
friend. Few men are so deeply or 1;,0 justly be-
loved, and the sense of loss in hi3 death is still
felt.
REV. GEORGE H. COR
ISH, LL.D., who
was fOJ' forty-three years in active work in the
Christian ministr.r of the .Methodist Church in
Canada, retired from his labors in 1901, and
has sinee resided at Xo. 160 Arg}le st1'eet, there
reaping the reward for his many years of de-
H
ted senice in the honor and confidence with
whieh he is regarded by his friends and former
associates, and in the sense of a lifelong duty
well and faithfully performed.
Dr. Comish is one of a family long identified
with the County of York and City of Toronto.
He is of English descent and his grandfather,
.Iohn Cornish, was a merchant in Exeter, Eng-
lanel, wbere he died. The first of the family to
("ome to Canada was the son of tbi:; mercbant.
also named John, born in Exeter, in 1809, 'Ind
there educated. After beginning his busiue.,s
career in his native city as a manufacturer of
boots and sh(ws, he decided in 1843 to make his
homp in ('anada, and so came to '1'oronto. He
arri,'ed with his fa mil}' in April, of tbat year,
and secured a position as foreman witb tbe late
Thomas Thompson, of King street east, whose
business )11'. Cornish three years afterward
bought out. This he conducted for many years,
employing as many as fifty men, but later in
life he gradually worked out of the manufac-
turing line, and became instead an importer of
French and American boots and shoes. From
Toronto he finally removed to Y onge st1'et't, Y ork-
vi1le, and there continued his business until his
death, whiC'h occurred :1\larch 22, 1882.
While still residing in England John Cornish
bad been married to l\Iiss Elizabeth Hellins, who
was bOlli in }
xeter March 16, 1807, daughter of
.Tames Ifl'lJins, \\
ho lived and dieq there.
]l('
survived her husband thirteen years, and con-
tinued to make her home in Yorkville, where sh.'
djpd in :\Iay. 189:;. She bore her husband fixe
SI'ns and seven danghters. The
ons were: .John,
born 1830, died 1831: Theophilus William, born
18:3
, died in Toronto 1887; George Henry. horn
1834; Charles, born 1836, died 1897; and ,JII;;hua
Hpllins, horn ] 846, died 1902. Mr..J ohn Cor-
lIish WRS a member of the "-esleyan Methodist
denomination, amI soon after his arrival in fo-
ronto be<'ame an Rctive member of the old GÒ)J'ge
Street Church and in 1845 of the Rie1unond
Street ('burch, \\hich latter was lOf'ated wi1ere
the .Methodist Book Coneern now has its lal'
c
publishing hous('. He took great pride in the
fact that he had subscribed for the ClolH when
it was first published in 1844, and he continn
d
to tRkP it nnti1 his death.
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CO)UfEMORATIVE BWGR.\PHICAL RECORD
Rev. George Hem'y Cornish was born in Ex-
eter, .England, June 26, 183-1. His education
after he reached the age of nine )"",ar8 was 1'1'-
eeiwd in Toronto, "here he attended th., To-
ronto Academ)', on the present sitt' (It tile
"Queen's Hotel," at thf' time wlwn the tt'i1<'h-
ing staff inf'ludetl Rpv. Alnamlel' Cia!!', Prin-
cipal, with Dr. ,,- oodrope and Thoma" Ilpnmng
as assistants. From the
\eademr hI> ,\'ent to
Yictoria Colleg-t' at Cobourg', and after 1'00nplet-
ing his studie", in 18.jð, he \\"1IS aceL'ph'd hy the
Conferenc p as a prohationer for the ministry.
His first mi
sion was :.\Iitdwll. Ont., \\'ith the
Hev. .John S. EYans a<;
mperintendl'llt. This
charge had fourtepn preaching pla('es. awl eUl-
braeed parts of five townships. In 1862 Dr.
Cornish \\ itb twenty-foUl' oth p "8 was ordain<>d,
the rite being solpmnized in till' old Piuna...le
Street Church in Belleville, Ont., hy Rev. D,'.
Wood, the Conference for that y('ar being held
in that church. Then folImwd his long cal'per
as a minister of the finspel, dm'ing ",hi('h he h..d
l"hargp of dlUl'f'hes in Bpa,"el.tnn, C'aledOilia,
Cains\"ÍlIp. Pickering.
orwi('h. Grimshy, Bur-
lington, Win!:!'ham. Rtmtford, IIp,,peler. POI.t El-
gin, Xiagara :md other pnints. In 1901 Ill' reo
tired from the af'ti,'e work and \Ya." pl1lcPIi. on
the superannuation li<;t. and settled in Toronto.
HC' has, howe,'c,', not heen idlp. hnt lws willingly
actÆ'd as suppl)' in filling appointment
when
needed hy his hrethl'f'n in the ('ity and ebe-
where. He has also ol'cupied himself ,,'ith iitt'l'-
ary labors. and for the past two years has h('en
assi<,tant pastor of ". esley Chnreh. Dundas
street. Throng'hout his busy life Dr. Coruish
has alwa
's found. time for more or less work of
:1 lit!'rary kind, and i!'l th.> author of various
hooks. amon
",hieh may be mentioned ",],he
Handbook of :\Iethodism," published in 1R6ï:
"Cyclopedia of :\Iethodism," Y 01. L publishpd
in 1R
O. Yo1. II. in 1903 (Yo1. III. is in f'oursP
of preparati(m). In 188:3 appe:nwl the ., Pas-
tor's Pocket Ritual ana Record," whieh has now
rpal"ll!'d its fifth cdition. From l
ï
to 187ï
liP acted as .Journal Rpcretfll'Y for the Confer-
ence; was Secretary of the London ('onf.'rf-lH'f'
in 18ï9. and of the G\1Plph Conferf'IlI'e in 1884.
He has been four times plp('ted as ('hairman of
his distrid. and sewn times as a delcgatc to the
General Confprenee. "hi('h meets once in every
four years. He was ('hosen a .Journal R('('J'pt
ry
of the General Conferences of 19'J
(at \Yinni-
peg) and 1906 (at Montreal). In 1886 h.. was ap-
pointed General Conft'renee StfltisticiR!I, which
po"ition he still holds. The honorary de
rC'
of
LL.D. was conferred upon him in .June, 1
87,
t)- Rutherford Coll!,Q'e. North Cflrolina. Dr.
Corni<;h is fl ReformC'r in politics. He is a mem-
bpI' of thp \n('ient Orilpr of the rnited Work-
men. tht' Iudependent Order of Foresters, anll
the York Pioneers.
In 186
Dr. Cornish was united in marriag
to
';\liss Elizabeth FrèIDc!'s Rpynell, daughter of the
late Capt. John Reynell, of Balnalack lIouse,
Ireland, and niece of tlw late Chart!'s Walker,
anù his hrother William, merchants of King
street, Toronto. .\Irs. Corni!.h \\ as Lorn in I }uh-
lin, Ireland. Shp is the mother of five l'hildl'en:
\Yillimll 'Walker, \\ ho (lieù in infflnl'Y: Heynell
!:eorg-l' IIf'lllT. of Brooklyn,
t'\\" Ym'k, .vho
nwrried )liss llenrietta Porl)!'s. of Toronto. and
has two sons. Ed \\ ard and ('larelll.e; Freù"l'ick
William, a IR\\Yt'I' in Chif'ago, who married :\Ii3s
.\lice H1IY, of Toronto, and has three sons and
oJ)e dau!:!"htel'; Louisa \'ictoria, "ho died in
0-
\"Plllh!' 1', 1906; and Alexina, wife of Haldrerl St.
Clair Fi<;hel'. of (
uepnstull. ;\ia
ara. ami mothpl'
of one dau!!htpr. Dora Gwemlolin. hOl'Il in 190:3.
ED\L\HD Y. E.\TOX. Pm1mbly no man in
Toronto wa,.: more snecl'ssfnl in husiness than
Edward Y. Eaton, who at his death. Oct. 3.
l
'OO. wa.,; vice-prpsident of the T. EAton Co.,
Ltd.. whose department storc is the largest in
Canada. and one of the largest in .\nlPl'ica. :.\11'.
Enton WflS horn at St. .\lar)" 'so Ont.. in 1863. son
of T Eaton, {lre
idpnt of the alm,'e named
('olllpany.
Edward Y. Eaton was eduratt'd at the )Iodel
Sehool in Toronto. and immediate])' after com-
pleting his ('()lIrse there commem'ed his SU(-
('essfnl business carper, entering commercial life
at. an early a!H', "ith his father, 'I'imothy Eaton,
when th., pl'l s'.nt grf'at '1'. Eaton C"m-
pany was pra(.tic'ally heginning' husinpss in To.
ronto. Tn thp :->n('l'f>,.,,., of the bnsinrss Ed" arcI Y.
Eaton g'Hn' his entire attention, :md with his
father plaeeil this great husinps;; sC'('omI to none
on tIll' .\merÎean ('ontinent. :.\11'. E. Y. Eaton
,"as a splf-made man. His fm'tmlt' was acquired
through hi!. business ahility. stJ'id attention to
his duties, llis untiring energy, amI his r"lmta.
tion for intpg"rity for whi('h he
"as high1y es.
Ìl'empd hy all \\"ho knew him.
On .Jan. B. lS!H. Edward Y. Eaton and 1Hss
-:\Iahcl, eldest daughter of t}l<' late William :md
Sarah \ IIaI'I'ingtnn) Ef'kardt, \\"ere unitpd in
marriage. )11'. E('kll,tlt was horn in l\1Rl'kham
township. County York, son of Godlieb Eekardt.
a native of the same tnwn
hip, whose father came
from Pl>nns)"lvaniH to C:mada. sl'ttling in Mark-
ham township at an early dRY. For man)- years
1fr. r,(.kardt wns eJ1!!ag(>d in a brokerage Rn.l in-
sumn('(> business in Tm'onto. wlwre he di('cl Aug.
17, 1904, and whel'e 1Il's. Eekardt still resiclps.
:.\1rs. Eaton resides at the heautiful home ereC'ten
hy her latC' hushand at Xo. l:Jï Rt. Oeor'!e Strept
;n 189R.
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L\fE1\IUR\ TIVE BIOt;R.\PIIICAL RECORD
To
lr. awl
lrs. Eato1l were born two daugh-
tel'S,
tarjorie and
\Iice.
Ir. Eaton alwap; took
a great interest in the
fcthodist l'hureh, of
,'hiC'h he was for maIlY yeal's a worthy memo
lwr. In politiC's he: was a Rl'fornH'r. In ]1J:S
,ll'ath the (
ueen Citr lost one of her hest Imsi-
11('SS nwn. :md a citizen who 'HIS held in uni-
,'ersal esteem.
lIK\'HY .\LFHED URA Y. The name of the
late Hen!'.'" Alfred t{ra
' was one we1\ known in
tlw Dominion of ('anada., for his seJTil'l'S to the
governn1l'nt as an efficient member of th,
Dp-
I,arÍJllent of Puhlic \Y (wi,s cn\"{'l'pd a 10Ilg" Pèri')(\
I1nd tonk him into nlrious parts of the eOHntJ'
..
,\. nwn of I(mg- and wide expel'll'nce, his r,'conI
'fas 01ll' of hrilliant achievement in his (.hos"n
iine of enginel'ring.
lr. t
ray was hor1l JWHr HiJ'ming-ham. Eng-
land, in 18-!:
, and "ax a s()n of Edwanl A.
and
fal'ia (Williams) t Ira.'". bath of "horn died
in their natiw Eng]and. The
on wa,> givl'n a
vood general eduC'ation and thl'lI beg'an hi" pro-
fe!'osiOllHl \\"ork hy sening' the time re(luired for
practical experience, on the
JiJland Railway,
ami then passed the examinati.ms for thf> Roy:Ü
Enginee:rs. IIe was first sent to India and
thenf'e to Bl'rmuda. In IRf)1 he I'ame to Can-
Hla. and was for six or
eVl'n .'"t'ars ident:ned
,'"ith the InterC'olonial Hail" ar. with headC[u:Jr-
tel'S at II flli fax. His eonuectio11 with the g-ov-
ernmpnt wod, beg-an in 1
ï8, and la"tpd from
that date t i ]] his death in UJ05. When first ap-
pr.inted to the Dt'partnll'nt of PuhliC' \\l'rk<; he
wa" statioJled at Ottawfl. hut was later sent to
Stratford to takp chargp of the (lepfll'bnent wor';:
tor "'pstl:'I'n Ontario. There he remaine.L till
It-I!). "hen he rt'turned to Ottawa to assurnf> the
duties of aR"istflnt chief f'n!!'ineer, to whieh pl1 s i-
tion he ]wd lwen l'romot!'d. Two years later
he went to
t. .John. X.B.. flnd afÌl'r an e(l'lal
intcl'\-a1 from 1hrl'l' to Toronto. Whilt, residing
in that pity hi
death of'f'urreù :\lay 23. Hill:;, in
the sixty-thirfl YPH\' of his a
e.
)fr. lIray "'flS three times marril'(l His fiest
"if I'. "ho \vas
] is:;
\Iice Lomej" left him \\'itJl
three ('hiì(Ü'pn, viz.: Henry A. S1. GI'Ol':!C;
CharII''; P.: and .\.Iif'p \\'., wif t' of \Yalt.'!" P.
)fe1'ri('k.
\.fteJ' hcr dpath )'Ir. fira,v nUH'1'ie.1
)'Tiss ('athel'iue :\f(' Donald. who dieil withont i!'-
sue. For his thiJ'd wife :\h'. nm
- (.ho!>'e )'fiss
Norma Yiet('ria )'Ierriek. who slIr'Yi,'es hinl, and
resides in Toronto. She is a nRtive of that C'it.'.
descendpd from a pioneer family. and the-
Ier-
riek home 'HIS formerly \\ here thp "Kin!! Ed-
ward Hotel" stand". Thrp(' (.hildrpn '\"l'rf> born
to this union. Xorma LiIIi:m, Kflthleen iIilda
and CPOI'!.!p :\h.rriC'k Roth :\Tr and Mrs. GTa,v
were memhers of HI(' R',mlln ('ath
liC' Chnrd!.
:
.)
:\IERRICK. The TOI'onto brane!l of the
krriek
family has descended from DOJninick :\fpl'l'i.'
"
who came to Little YOl'k, now ']'(.ronto, ill I,
ï
'1']w family is of Welsh orig-in, but for :nan,v
yeHl's Iwt! ueen settled in the ('onnty of
Iaro.
J reland.
DOllliuiek :\Il'l'l'ick.
I'.. \\ as h'II'u in 11:/0, at
BaIIindiue. in that Count.'.. anfl married Cdia
1>. Dea;;;e, daug-hter of
\nthon.v Dease, of Cloon-
U1Orp, County
layo. tllt' Dea"e family Iwin!! re-
lated to the nIflkes. Xng't'nts and Bing-hams. Th.'
family was implicflted in the 1I'\:;.h Hehelliull of
11!)i'Ì, and su1Yt'red eOll..;jderablc IH'operty ]O!,SL':-
whieh ultimately fore-cd seyt'I'al mpmbers of the
family to ILa\'e Il'eland. The to\\n of Littlp
York at tlwt remote pel'iod of it,> histOl'Y Wfl"':
little more than a collection of franw hOllses.
The eaJ'l
- strH!.!'g-]e fO!' n':;pon;;ihle 1.!"Uvel'llm i >llt
fnrnished a congt'nial field for the liherty-lovin:.!'
<,itiæns, and Domini<<'k \11'1'J'Íl'k, h.,ving hilt frt'.-h-
I.' arriwd fl'um a !'oimilar ,'ondition of atl'a it'S in
TI'e]flnd. took :1 wry fletí\l' part with his lwphew
Dr.
feCormil'k in opposition to tlw Family
('ompal'1. Ih'. ,fohn
f<,( 'ol'Jlli('k took up arms
with the rebels, and wa" C'aptnr"ll flt
r-ontg'om-
('I'
'- 's Ta \"ern fight, and s])<,nt fl year in Toronto
jail. Dominick }1prI'Í<.k died in IF.:H. .in;;;t be-
forl' the l'ehl'l]io!1 hroke out. leaving. besidt's his
wife, thl'ee sons. J "IT
' D., Dominil'k .\.. and
.lanws. Th{, fl1mily settlell on BiC'hmond street.
lIl'ar ,Tan"is stre('t. wherp Rohert"on's factor\' is
now located. and the
' remainl'd tlwre for m:JI1."
Yt'aJ'S.
,Jeny D.
I('J"l'il'k. the eldl'"t sen. entered into
partnel'ship with pptel' Paterson in the <,ad,\'
fiftil's. flll(l married
arflh ,T. Paterson, the nieC','
of his partnr-r. the Patl'rson family havin!:!' set-
tleù in Toronto in hill. coming from Blantyre.
cotlRn(l. In 11'IjO with his hl'otl1Prs. Dominick
A. and Jflmes, he formed tll<' partnl'rship of thp
).fel'riek Bro"., in "hole!>':!le ane! rptai] dry ,:!onds
and millilwry on KÍJW str('et. in HIP SÍI'I'P flftel'-
ward oeeupie<l hy R. Walkl'r & Sons. Thp
"Kill!! Edward IIotc:I" now occupies that site.
For many years the hnsin{'ss Wfls th(' II1.l'g'est of
its kind in 'l'oronto. In lti6!) the family mowd
to thp 1fI!'gp hriek J'esidf>!lce. "
.Vf'kham Hall. ,,"0.
H
futual stred. This home had hpf>n hnilt
h." )h'. Thomas, thl' :m.hitel't of tIll' Tm'onto
Pnhlif' Lihrfl1'Y.
1\11'. ,T. D. 1\ferrif'k took a wr
' adive part; in
politi!'s, nll!l \\'fl" a foIl'I\\'p" of Rohprt Ra Ilh, in
and later of thp TJihem] party. In 1880 Ill' WflS
appointed 11"
h('riff of Prps ,()tt and Ru"spll.
and remo,pcl to TJ 'O}'i!!l1a1, whpre IlP rl'!'i,lpo until
his dpath in ls'ìï. His Iwctlwr. Dominil,l, A..
,'arri('d on hnsinpss until his deflth in 18f1.1.
)[rs. l\[C'rriC'k !'m'\"i,'pd 111'1' hnslmnd five yefll"s.
clyin!! in Toronto in 1 R!)
.
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COl\l1\IE
IORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
The family is I"Ppresented hy children of the
late Sheriff .;\Ierriek: In Toronto by .!\frs. David
B. La.' ton. ) h.:,;. Xorma \-. Ul"a
', .Miss Elllla
l\lerrick, )11". James G. ';\Ierrick, and 1\11'. Walt.er
P. )Ierrick 1'11'. Herbert make Merrick i<; a
resident of .Minneapolis, l\Iinnrsota; }Ir. Peter
J. l\Ierriek a resident of Oak Lake, Manitoba;
:\11'. Louis D. :\Ierricl. is c81'l'
'ing on busines:,; at
Berlin, Ont.; anù 1\11'. Domini
k A. l\lerriel\: is
a resident of l\Iontreal, Quebec. The family is
still residing at the homestead, Ko. 142 !Uutual
strf'et.
\Y. H. PEPIÆR, :\I.D.C.1\I.. 1.J.R.C.P.. Asso-
C'iate Demonstrator of Pathology at the Univers-
ity of Toronto, and genf'ral me'hcal practitionpj'
and surgpon of that eit,\", is one of Ontario', hpst
kno" n medical mell.
.TanH's P('plrl', father of the Dodnr, was born
in 1x:m, in \\"iltshire, England. and in his native
('mwtl",\ ;,;rew to manhood. 'I'here he married
Emma Eyres, and in 1tì68 they came to C81UtlÌa,
locating at Toronto. where he snGfi beC'ame seere-
tary-treasurcr of the Canada ('ar Compan
..
Subsequently he cmbarked in business as a
Ipather mpr(.hant en Front street, and was latcr
appointed government inspcetor of lea the!" a
position he filled until his death, in 1R!JO. Dur-
ing his husiness liff' in Tm'onto, 1\11'. Peple
to('k
an active part in municipal matter:; an.l for
some time was an alderman of The city. He aìso
serH'd as chair-man of the schoo] board. l\h-R.
I'eplcr dicd in 1888, when sixt,\'-four years of
age. They were members of the English Chut"ch.
while 1\11'. Pepl!'r was a C'ollservative in politiC's
and fraternall) a Mason. To Mr. and 1\1l's. Pep-
1('1' Wl're born f'hildren as foll(I\\!": Francis Ed-
\\ard Philip, a bm'l'isÌl'r: Ernest E,\"res, an flrt-
ist of Toronto: ,James n., who is in till' rC'al estate
hnsinpss at \\ïnnipC'g: Tom S. G.. in business at
I'ort Hope; and Dr. ,V. H.
Dr. 'V. H. Pepler was born in 1863, in Bris'
tol, Bngl:md. and was hut five year:; of age ",hen
the family came to Canada. His literarv edu-
(.ation was acquired at rpper ('anada Co]lC'gC',
\\ hprp ])f' ('ompleted his ('ourse of study in 1'381,
after "hi('h hC' fit oncf' ent('l"ed Tr'init
. )Icdicfil
College, from which he was gmdlwtf'rl in 11-185.
with the d(,!!l'pe of )1.1>.C'.)1. Dpsirous of ner-
fecting himself still f31tllf'1' in his profe<;sion.
Dr. Peplf'r went to London. England. and for
thrf'e yC'ars studipd at St. Bartholompw's TIo,;-
pita!. Tn 1
Rq hc WfI<; graduated from tlwt in-
stitution with thp de!!TPP of L.R.C.P. (Lond.).
and 11<' then returnf'd to Tor()nto. and pnt"rC'ò
into thf' pru(.til'f' of his professi,m. in whi!'h he
has C'ontimwd to tllf' prpscnt tin1f'. In 1R!10 he
beC'aml' ,\ssociate Dpmonstrator of Patholo!!,v fit
11i<; alma matf"'. aurl sinf'f' thp union of Tr"inity
.Medical College with the University of Toronto
he has filled the same chair in that institution.
He has made a specialty of. this line and has con-
tributed articles upon it to the leading medical
journals of the country. IIe is a member of the
Ontario 1\Iedical Association, the Canadian Meùi-
cal Association and the Toronto Clinical Society,
and is vice-prpsident of the Pathological Societ.JT,
surgeon to the Canadian Pacific Railway Com-
pany. associate physician to the General Hos-
pital, physician to the Toronto Hospital for In.
curables, and has a like position at the Convales-
cent Home. Ill' is a member of the 1\lasonic 01'-
dpr, tl1(' Orangemell and the I.O.O.F.. In politi-
cal sentiment he is a Conservative, and he and
:Mrs. Pepler are members of the English Church.
In 1895 Dr. Pepler was married to Miss [{ath-
ken Chadwick, who was born at Gue]ph, dau
h.
tel' of Frederick C'hadwick, ex-mayor of that
place and editor of the Guelph Ilc1'ald. To Dr.
and }Irs. P<'pkr ha\'e he en born four children:
Stewart Herbert, William Arthur Eyres, Ka th-
leen Gladys and Doris Louise.
L\.J()I{ YILLIEn
S.\XKEY. whose death
on Lake
Iaituu occurred July 10, 190:5, was
cne of the most brilliant enginpers Canada has
known, as well as a prominent lIIC'mhel' of mili-
tar
' eit'eles. lIe came of a family many mem-
bers of which have achieved military distinctIOn,
and he ]]atnrally inherited the tastes whif'h led
him to join the Canadian army.
\Iajor Sankey's great-grandfather, 'Yilliam
:-;ankey, was One of the lrading barrister., of
Dublin. Ireland. and the family were idmtifìerl
with that part of the country. :Matthpw lIenry
anke.", his father. after leaving the army, 0\\ ing
to an
\('cident he sustained, becan1P manager of
Lord Brooke's pstatp, Colebrooke, in County
Fermanagh. Ireland. He marripfl his cousin,
rehetabel TIoe, a direct deseendant of Brian
Boru.
Villiers
ankey was horn in County Fennnn-
Iogh, Ir"land. in O(.tol)('r. 1R!)2. Hr first attended
a puhlic Sf'hool in Portora. and Inter. at C'onpl'J"S
Hill. hr PfiSSCÒ the C'xamination for the Ro\'ai
En!!'inef'l's. in India. His association with nan-
l<lian projf'('ts. did not bp
Ón m1fil 1878, wilen
he Sf'ttled in Toronto. as a memher of thl' fli'm
01' \Y flds\\ orth, rnwin, Brown & SanÞpy 1"01'
a number of years he hpld the appointml'nt oi'
(.ity sur\"('yOl" of Toronto, and in .Tanuary, 190fi,
he becan1P a mpmber of thp stfilf of engineer's
fol' tlll' Tr'an<iC'ontilwntal railroarl. It was while
in di<;chm'!!,f' of the dl1til's .levolving 11pon him
in that po<;ition that he mpt his death. Major
anl\:py was an authority I'n all surveying and
png'Í11f'f'ring mattpJ's, and hi<; name was knuwn
thJ'OII!!lr all till' Dominion Tn lJIilitfll'
- ,'i1'f'll'8
CO
L\IE
IORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
his plaee "as also a high one. JJ e was :m
n-
thu-.iastic member of the Queen's Own Ritle
, in
whidl he held first the rank of \:;lptain andl:-1tcr
that of major. In U)02 he joined the Corps of
l:uides. and held the rank of major therein until
his death. lIe would haW' recpiH'd the rank of
('olonel had he IÍ\"ed another month.
In 18t.
lIIajor Sankey married Anne Ne;;bit
Ponton, thild daughter of Lt.-Co\. .Archihalc1
ronton. of Fay View. Belleville, and their union
was blessed with se, en chil(lren, five daughters
allli two sons. The family are all memhpl'S of
till' Church of England.
The dpmands of his profession wpre to.) ex-
adinl! to permit of :\Iajor Sankey taking :my
personal part in politipal affairs, but he was It
strong adherent of the Consenative party. Fra-
ternally he was a )Iason and past master of
Ionip Lod!re. A.F. & A.M.
WILLLUI
nTCIIELL ANGCS was bol'ß in
St. ('atharines. Ont., Od. 31, 18-1ß, son of Rob-
ert and Charlutte ('Vright) _\ngus. and dipd
in Toronto ::\Iay 14. I!)O-1.
Rohert Angus was horn in Fife, Scotl:md.
and coming to Canada. srttlpd first at St. Cath-
arines. whence he lat('r removed to Loudon.
Ont., and from thet'e to Hamilton. where he
died. He was in the wholesalp dry goods bu<;i-
ness in the above mentioned places for many
year3. and whil(' in Hamilton was with
It'Innes.
The children of Robert Angus and his wife
were: :\Iary. Ot
.. Xenie, William Mitch"ll,
(}porgt', .Tohn. Hugh and Harry.
William :\Iitchell Angus was educated in Ham-
ilton. and later entered the wholesalp house of
:\IdmH's. having ('harge of the tweed depart.
ment. From there he went to :\lontreal. where
he had (.harge of the same firm's interests. re-
maining there until 18ï
l. when he located in
Toronto. rppresenting Cantlie & Ewing. a.
a
mannfac1m'er's agpnt. Latel' :\Ir. _\ngus em-
barkNI in business on his own al'count as a manu.
fa(.turer's agent. sUPI.p!;.<:;fully eontinuing- in this
line nntil his LIt'ath.
In 18ì
'ViIliam :\1. .\lIgU',-. and :\Iiss Annie
Bastedo. a memher of the well-known United
Empire Loyalist famil,r of that name, were unit-
ed in marriagp. )Irs. .\ngns is a daughter
of .John )1. and Anna (Tovel) Bastedo. To Mr.
and :\11'8. Angus wprp horn the following ehild-
ren: Rohert, of Toronto. who married Caroline
f'amphel1. h
' whom he has had one son. 'Vil-
liam; Fl'ellPrick. of TOI"ontn. \\.ho married Edith
Lawrip and has OIlp dau
htpr. Helpn A.; Per-
ci\"al, d('c('aspd: and Edith. the wife of 'Yilliam
Begg-. who l\fl<; one daug-hter. Dorothy. :\[1'. An-
gus was a Prpshyterian. In politips he \\as a
Consernlti,'e. but hc nen'l' sought offiee. lIe
37
affiliated fraternally \\ith the )lasons. in which
order he attained the thirty-sel'ond dpgree. His
widow surviws. residing at No. 179 Carlton
street, Toronto.
The Bastedos trace their descent from the im-
portant Spanish family of De La Bastido, of
whom the chief is the )larquis Dc La Bastida,
member of the Chambel' of Deputies for the
Balearic Islands. Another is Don Guillermo De
La Bastida, treasurer of the Pro\'ince of ßada-
joz. 'I'he progenitor of the Bastedo family, hav-
ing embnll'ed thp faith of the Reformed Church,
was forpcd to lpavp Spain and take refuge in
Holland, whenee about 17ï8 he or one of his
descendant.<; emigrated to America. ultimately
settling at SeheUel'Ìillly, Kew York. Of this
braneh of the family was Jaeob Bastedo, as the
name became .\.nglicized, \\ ho, abandoning a
\'aluable estate in Schenectady, eame to Canada
as a L"nited Empire Lo.yalist, and settled first
at Cataraqui (Kingston), where he had a grant
of ROO acres. but removed to Stamford. C'ount
.
of 'Vellallll. Onto He mal'l'ied Clarissa Jean
\Tan Slyke, whose sister married a Yan Buren,
and their son. )lartin \T an Buren, was President
of the United States from 18:3ï to 18-11. Another
sister was married to )Iajor 'fice, a Hoyalìst
officer. The children of .JaC'ob and Claris;;a
Bastedo were: (1) Abraham; (2) Lewis; (3)
David; (4) .Joseph. killed at the battle of Chip-
pewa: (:í) Gilbert Tice; (6) John, of K('lson,
nlëlrried )Iary Plewelling and had issue: l\laur-
ipe. William, Jacob, Gilbert, Elizabeth and ('ath-
erine; (7) Cornelius, killed in the war of ]
]
.
Of these.
David Bastedo, of Stamford. afterward of
Water down (Burlington), County Halton, mar-
ried Elizabpth )Iael\Iicking. Their sons were:
{1a) Peter married Margaret Galbraith and
had issue: Sons-(lb) John l\Iac:\Iicking. (
h)
Da\"id married Sarah Elizabeth Tovel and had
issue: Samuel To\"t,1. of the Ontario Ci,"il
('r-
vipe; Peter; Albert Edward: :\Iargaret Ann, md
Sarah Elizalwth. (3b) ,John Galbraith died :\Iay
8, 1900, aged seventy-five years. He marripd êlnd
had issu(': .John Xelles and Charles Augustus.
(4b) .J oseph Rogers married Mary Forl'e and
fwd i,,'me: 'Villiam. Lineoln. Burleigh. FrederiC'/{
David Edgal' (of Rracebridge), Àda, Patienc;
and Margaret. (5b) Thomas Beveridge (}ood-
willie married and has had issue: Xellie: :\Iinnip
del pased; Christina, and )Iargaret. (6b) Petel:
Camphell married and has had issue: .John 0.11-
braitll. Thoma." William. .James. and Xellie.
Daughters-( Ib) :\Iary (;albraith; (2h) )Iarg-ar-
1'1. deceased.
(2a) Gilbert married :\Iary Lindsay and has
had issue: Joseph. .Jacoh. Samuel. Xancy, Eliza-
beth, .Jane, Tamar, Su<;an. and Katp.
:
8
l'01DfE1WR,\TIVE I3IOGR.\PIIH'.\L nE('ORD
(:3a I John ::\hw1\Iiekillg- married (TIrnt)
mmn
Ll'mon and (semnd) ,\ nna 'l'twel. and had is-
sue:
on-(lh) Juhn 1Iae1[ieking. furripl' in
Tor'onto. is married aml has i!-'
.me: FrC'deri(.1i:,
Harry. 1Iplyilll'. 1Ialll'1. and Edna. Daughters
-lIb) .Jl1ue (
b) 1[illie. l%) Christina.
I ih) 1Ial'.v. (.Jh' Anuip malTied William 1\1.
_\ngns and ha" had is<;nf': Rohert. Frederi('k,
l'er('i \'al (deeewwd), and Edith. (6h)
usan
married .JanH's 1\[ag-et'. (
.C.. of London. Ont..
:Illd Iws i'ime: Arthlll'. .\llpn.
fal)pl. and Edith.
f ïb)
arah.
\ 4a) .Ja('oh.
ThC' daughtel's of Oa\'id and Elizaheth (1\la('-
::\fi(.kin!.!') Bast('do \\"t'rp:
(1 a) ('atlll'rine married Thomas Httwk of \Ya-
terdO\\ n. and has iSSltf': .John. \Yëllt.'r. ('harll's.
William, l'lara. Christina. and TJizzie.
\ 2a) Christina married. as his fjr:;t wiff'. .10-
sl'ph Rogel',';. furrier. of Toronto (who l1IëllTi('d
"e('ondly .JauPÌ Xixfln Bash-tlo. as l)('low), and
had issul': Rons-(lh) .Iohn. (2h) Charles mar-
ried and IUIII issllP: .Joseph. Clara. Lizzie. ChrÎs-
tiua. LOllis('. .\d.(. and Charlotte (3b) .James
marripIl and has issup: .1ames. Christoplwr. Jo-
sf'ph. (;eorl!e. Frederick, Thoma". Augusta. Lil-
lie, aud 1Iay. (4b) .\IC'
ander. Daug-htprs-
(lh) 1lary. (2h) Clara. (:3h) _\gXie. (-Ih)
Elizaheth. (;)b) 1Iarg-a1'l't.
< ;ilhC'rt Tiel' Bastedo (son of .1a<'oh and l'lar-
issa), horn in Sl"!lf'neetad.\'. sl,ttlpd in Xplson.
('ollnty Halton. in I
f)lì or 1
f)ï. lie marripd
:\Iarian. daug-hter of John Thompson. of 1111'
\Yllirlpool.
taIllford. Their SOliS were:
(la) .JiII.ob. blll'l1 l\[ëlrl.h 16. HìOï. died Del'.
:.!ß. I
ï
, was a mer(.hant in Hamilton. III'
';I'r\'('d HS lieutt'llant ill the 1:01'(' 1[ilitia in lri:{ï.
HI:' l1larripd \firstl,\') ill lti:
:\[nrg'aret
ÍI}('lair.
who dil'll. Hml (sC'l'omll.v) in .\lIgnst. lS4(). 111'1'-
zihah ('hilwr. horn
1'1't. :30. It'
1. danghft'I' of
.Joseph ('hilw!' (horn .Jan. :
. I ïfJ4. dipd (),.t.
10. lti:)ï. son of Thumas ('hilwl'. (If Fishnl'etl-
ham. ('ullnt,\" of
orfolk. EnglalHl. Hnd fJ,\ dia
\\'aHillg'. his wif4'. \\ ho ('allll to ('anada and set-
tl1'41 in 'l'ownto in H
:tl) ëIIIlI Eliza. hi<; wifl'.
da lIg'htt'r of \Yill iam .1 l'lIni ng's. (If Bnrkholt.
('onnty of
nffolk. En!.!'1ë1l1(L '1'111' only child of
.JI1('oh Bastedo h\' his TIrst lIIël\'r'iaa(' was: (lh'
f ;'illwrt Ti(.p. ho
n in 1ri:
:
. died Aug. :
. 1
68.
hal'ristel' at law. of l\Iilton. married :\[aria.
dan:;rhtpr of l'harll's Thompson (who sl\I'\'in'd
him alld is nJë1rril'd spI'oIHlh. to Hon. .1. Bn'on
Turk of (,hi('ago). and hall onf' son. 01')' nil-
1)(,I,t Ti(.l'. who is married and li\'ing in the 1'nit-
I'd
tatl's. and two dilllg-htl'l's. (1(.) 1Iëlrg'arl't,
më1lTipd to William \Yallaee Blair. and (2(')
:\lariau (,hri"tina. married to Lient.-Col. OC'ol'
e
.\le:\.aTIfler Rhaw. Of the sl'l'nnd marriaQ'{': Sons
-(
h) .JosI'l'h .\I1I1'1't. horn -:\Iay 4. 1841. ]IO!;t-
ma
.;ter at Xl'wmarket, County of York, married
Henrietta. danghter of JosC'ph Lee, of Toronto,
and has issne: George, manager of the Bank
of Hamilton at CIlPsley; Arthnr. It medical stu-
dent in Xl'\\" York; ('ecil. May Etta. and '\[ar-
jorie. (:3b) Edward, born Aug. 6, 1844, is mar-
ried and lidng in Buffalo. U.S.A., and has issue:
Edward.
\rthur. ;\"eil. Jolm, Lih', Anna and
1fal'Y. (4h) Da\"id Henry, born ÜI'(,. 2
}. 1843,
fllrrif'r in Toronto, married Charlotte Elizabeth,
danghter of Thomas .\rmstrong and -:\Iary .Jane,
his wife. daughter of Re\". .John Dayidson. and
hm; issue: Xorman. Oilhert Ti('p. amI
Ial'ian.
(fih) Thoma:; \Valter. horn
\ug. Z
. I8-!ï. died
in
eptembel'. 184M. (lìb) l'ornelius ?\ixon. born
.Jan. 1.-;. 18;)0. merehant in Toronto, married
11al',\' Cameron and has had issue: Albert Xi
on.
.John (dp('eased L .Jay. Robert. Kathlpl'n. 11ar-
j01',\'. 11 III I Sarah. (7b) Louis. born Del'. 20,
1
.í:
. dil'd in 8l'ptemlwr. 18;)4. (8b) .John )Iac-
f3reg"or. born 8ept. 13. 183ï, mel'chant i.n Milton,
married Ida Ackermann. and has issue: Chi 1-
\'1'1'.
\lfr'ed. and (}Iadys. Dallghtprs-(1 h) }Iar-
im! Ilepzihah, horn Del'. :31. 184
, dil'd
\ug. 9.
18-l:
. (
b) Hannah Elizabeth, artist. Toronto.
(:3h) .Janet Rogers married William ::\Ië\l'rl'ud,\'.
ëllJd has issne, ou(' son. .Allan.
(
a) .Iohn Thompson. postma,;ter at Burlin
-
ton. serve(l as ('uptain in the (;01'1' )lilitia in
1ti:1ï. l1wrried Au
usta Eli7a 11ag-ee. and had
i!i."ne:
ons-( Ib) Uilbert Cornelius (deel'ased)
nUIlTipti Harriet :\[('Leod and had issnp: nilbprt
.Jeff. .\nna Ifal'riet. 11ahpl Augusta 1fary, and
Ellen Ba:\.ter. (
h) John lIenry. living in the
I' nitI'll Htate.;. married Ida Toukins. and has L"-
snp: .\lb('I't Edward and Arthur. (%) \Valter.
li\'ing' ill BnffHlo. \' .
.A.. mmTiC'd KMe lIenr.\
and has issne: Paul. Dang-hters-(1h) l\Iar-
g-Hl'et Eliza. tll'l'l'ased. l
b) 1rarian .\ugusta
nHIlTil.d Lot
\.Ill'n, uf Bradford. and ha<; had
i!'.sne: f :eurgp : "Tillis. dl'C'eased; Harry; Lescur.';
Edith. nHIl'l'ietl to 11. <;, }lorrow; and 11ar-
g-aret. (:3b) fsahf'lIa H1l1rripd Jtr,.;el'h Li'senre.
of Bradford.
(:3a) David. of BurlinU"ton, died in 1
!)ti. un-
married. lIe sl'n'('d as t"aptain in till' Uore
:\filitiH in I'-;:Iï.
(4a) <<; ilbl'I't. of Bookton. County
orfolk,
marril'd 1 fa 1',\' Ann Harrison. and has issnf':
:\farian. and R('Jw('('a. JIIëH'l'ipd to a .:\Ir'. 1fnir.
(;')a) WHltPl' (deeeas('d1 nH'rehant in Hamil.
ton. lIlël1'l'i('d .Janl' Beuedid and had issne: Cam-
eron, ElIlil.\'. and II'em'.
(Iìa) .Jalllt';.;. of Brandon. 1fan.. marri('d
Iaria
If arrison. and has issue: Ed:.!ar. Fl'ank, David,
,Joseph ROlI:,!l'rs.
('ptinms. Bl'rtie, and Clara
Panl.
The Ilanghters of <:ilbl'rt 'fieI' and :\farian
BasÌl'do wer(':
af}
"
c
t '01 [ì\[K\IOR.\. TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
t1a) Janet Xixon married (as s('\,ond wife)
.Joseph Rogers. mer\'hant in Toronto (who pre-
,'ious l ,\" . man-ied Christina Bastedo, as abo\'e;,
and had issue: (1 b) Christina married .J ohn
",Ypllington Bowlby, barristC'r at 1m\"'. Q.C.. of
Brantford. and has issue: Adam, .T oseph. rrsuia,
.T anet. .\ ugusta. (,hri
tina: and (2b ) .h1l'et
Augusta married Ed",yard .\.
C'adding.
(2a) Elizabeth nuuTied BnlC'e Cmneron (de-
\'l'a'<ed), major in the rnitpd Statp,> arm.". son
of Senator Cameron. nnd hns is!-,ue: (lb) '3imon
(Cameron) married Hplen Harkle
', and has is-
sue. 8i'non and Eh-a. (
b) 1Iaggie. (3b) .Tanpt
Rog-ers married Tyron Edwards, of IIarrighur!!'.
(Ha) 1Iarian married Rohert .Tohnston. de-
ceased. of \Yaterdo\\ n, and has had i...sue: Rob-
ert married Emma 1Iartindnlp. and has is.'me:
Lawrence. Ross, 1Iarian. and ('lnrissa .Tane;
Gilbert. de\'em;ed; and Elizaheth.
\ -1a) Claris...;a .Tane married \\ïlliam Bunton,
of \Yaterdown. and has had issue: 1Iarian, who
married \Villiam Da\"ill.
on, uf Montrenl. and has
issue: "Tilliam. Da\"id. and 1Iarinn Bastedo.
(,)a) Sarah died in infanC',\".
(6n) Reb!'\'\'a. unmarripll.
RI('IL\RD BI
()W:'\. ()l'!'sident of Tht
HI'O\' n Bros.. LimitcIl, wholesale and manufal'-
turing stRti01wrs. dC'aleI'S in pnpel'. offiC'e sup-
plies. printers' IInd hookbinders' materinl. mauu-
fachl!'ers of aC'C'OlU1t books, lenther goods, diari,><;
hookbinders. etc.. Xo<;. ,)1-;):3 \Yelling-ton street
west. Toronto. Ont.. is a member of the family
whieh ha,
been for more than a century engag-ed
in the aboye busilws.s.
Tlw Bl"Owns are of Endish C'xtraction. Thom-
a<; Brm\ n. the g-r/IIHlfather of our subje(.t, in
1ïï-1 eng-ag-!'d in tIll-' <lbo\"(' nwntiOlll'd husiness in
Xpwea<;tlp. EnglmHl. I'ontinuin
therl.in until
1
2:!. in whi('h ye<lr his ,<,on. Thomas. Jr., the
father of our subj('('t. took up 111(' business and
l'onti1l11l'd it at the smm' plal'p nntil I8-Hi. In
this year hp settled in Toronto and resumed the
husiness formerly located at :'\ewcastlC'. Eng-
land. the plnce of husiness lwing on King street
I'ast. near Chureh street. IIl're Thomas Bro\\n
C'ontinlled busÏIwss until 1 K.")(j. when the firm of
Bru\\ n BrotIll'r... wa'.
fornII'd. tIll' three hrotIwl'S
b!'ing ThonHL<;. who died in Toronto in 186ï;
1[ajor .Tohn Bro\\ n. well known in military
('irC'le,> as a member of the (
ueen's Own Rifles,
who died in 1 SS
: nnd Ril'hard. The firm of
Brown Bl'Others l.ontinued until 189:1. when a
RÍ(wk company wns formed. under the firm name
of Tlw Bruwn Bros.. Limited.. with the follow-
ing offi('prs: Ri(.hard Brown, presidpnt; Rohert
. Bro\\ n. vice-l'l'""ident; and T. II. l1ornihrook,
s('\'rptary-treasurer. 8inC'e The Brown Bros.. Ltd.,
WIIS form!'ll they have suffered two sl'vP!'e 10ssP!l
:39
by fire. On
\.pril 19, 1904, when the wholesale
distri('t of Toronto was destroyed by a terrific
fire, the mngnifie-ent building and !';tock of
Brown Bros.. Ltd., was consumed. They secured
temporary quarters in the Queen City Rink,
where in the month of August. 190-1. they were
\'isited by another severe fire. In 1UO:; their
well-appointed and commodious fireproof buill!-
ing was erected on the site of the first building,
:'\os. ,)1-;)3 Wellington street west. This build-
ing, which is of conC'rete and e
panding ruetnl,
and supposed to be one of the most substantial
aUlI fireproof buildings in the city, is equipped
\\ ith the most modern maC'hinery for the various
lines of work C'arried on b J " them. They have a
most eomplete and full stoC'k of all kincl,> of
paper. stationpry, acC'ount books. offiC'e supplies,
leather goods. printers' and bookbinders' ma-
terials. etc. The firm hm'p displayed an enter-
prising spirit by sending spel'imens of their
\\ ork to the \"ariou8 exhibitions. They have still
in their possession the book with which their
father took the first prize at the first Exhibi-
tion in Toronto in 18-16, and from that date
the,\' ha\"e taken high honors wherever exhibit-
inq: ::\Iontreal. the opening of the Victoria
Bridge, 1860; Centennial, Philadelphia. 1876;
Paris (FranC'e); Dublin, Indinn and Colonial
Exhibition, London, England, 1886; "r orId ';i
Fair, ChiC'ago, 1893; l'\ational Exhibition. To-
l'onto. gold medal, etC'., etc.
Thomas Bro\\ n, the founder of the family and
husinC'ss in Canada, was born in 1789, and died
in Toronto in 1863. His wife, who bore the
maiilen namp of Ann Spour. was born in Eng-
land in ISm. nnd died in Toronto in ]86:). Their
C'hildren \\ ere as follows: Thomas, deceased;
Rohert R. retired; 1Injor .Tohn. decea,>ed; Rieh-
ard: \Yilliam: Rpv. George ::\I., ex-president of
tlIP 11ethodist Conferen('e; Clwrles S.; 1Irs. B.
B. Toye. deC'eased; and )Iiss 1I. Brown. dee-eased.
Ri('hard Brown was born in Newcastle, Eng-
land. in ] 8:
-1. and was educated in his native
land and in Toronto. In 18-18 he embarked in
the stationery and book business with 1\[1'. Thom-
as 1\lal'lenr, their place of business being lo("ated
on Y onge street. near King. Here he continued
until the formation of the Brown Bros. in 18;)6,
when. as abo,'e stated. he was made a membpr
of that firm. ::\11'. Brown is one of the oldest
stationers in Canada. having been in the business
continually since 18-18. He is a director in the
Toronto Paper 1Ianufactm'ing Company. of
Cornwall. Ontario.
1\11'. Brown's wife bore the maiden name of
Elizabeth Robin<;on. She \\ a<; a native of Que-
bec, daughter of the late 'Dr. Slade Robinson, a
well-known physi('ian of Toronto. ::\Ir. and :\II"3.
RÜ'hard Brown had thl'sC' l'hildren : 1Inr
' Edith,
40
CO)D[K\[ORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
the wife of A. A. Fisher, of Brockville; .Amy
Douglas, the wife of _.\.. K Huestis; Thomac;; Al-
bert, vi('e-president of the firm of Brown Bros.,
Ltd.; Gra('e K, wife of J. :U. Kerr. a merchant
of Toronto; R. 1\orman, a member of the firm
of Brown Bros., Ltd.; and Mis.,> Belle, at home.
The family are all members of the l\[ethodist
Church with whiph thpv haw been identified for
, .
many years.
\LEXAKDER HE
DER
O
. merrhant,
born in Old Pitsligo, Scotland, Nov. 3, 1824.
died in Toronto, Ont., Canada.. June 3, 1887.
His father, John Henderson, died in Ripon,
'Visponsin, rnited States of America, in Of'tobcr.
1
7. at the age of ninety-four 'ypars, ha\'ing re-
tired from agripultural pursuits in his sixtieth
year: his mother. Catherine Pdny IT(,Ullerson, of
the Udny Estate, in Scotland, died in 'Vi"conc;;in
in 1862, in her sixty-seventh
'ear.
In the year 183
Alexander Henderson paul('
to Canada with his father's family, locating in
Toronto, and began the business career that made
him one of the wealthy and influential men of
that city. When eighteen years old he com-
menced the retail dry goods busine.
s on his own
account at the north-east ('orner of Queen and
Y onge streets, shortly afterwards buying the
same property, which has bepn known for years
as the Henderson Block. After a few very
suc('eS\
ful years in the retail business he sold
ûut to his head salesman, and embarked in the
wholesale dry good., and millinery business, do-
ing one of the largest trades in Canada, and at
the age of thirty-two years retired from active
businf".:;s life. Mr. Henderson saw not only the
possibilities, but the probabilities of Toronto be-
coming the leading city of Ontario. and invested
his dividendc;; in real estate, beconilng a large
realty holder in the C'ity whose development he
had foreseen.
It was not only as a busilH'ss man that )[1'.
Henderson was known. to the people of Toronto,
howewr, but also as a public officer of popular-
ity and effieipn('y. For eleven years he wac; :m
alderman of St. .James' W'ard of Toronto, and
for th(' greater part of that time was chairman
of the Board of 'Yorks and Finance, and he W'1S
also one of Toronto's most efficient .Justires of
the Peace. He was a director of the Cnion
Building Society for J'ears. and also of the (trey
& Bruce Railway. In religion he was a (,ollsist-
ent member of the Knox Presbyterian (,hurph.
In fraternal (.ircles he was affiliated with the St.
Andrew's
ociety for forty-two
'ellrs. and an
old memhcr of thc Calf'donian
o('ipty. He was
one of the best-known titizenc;; of Toronto, and
a staul1l.h IJiberal in politi('s.
REV. S. S. B.\TE
, B.A., D.D., of Toronto,
a distinguished (.lergyman of the city, comes of
Engli\';h ancestr
' and belongs to a family which
hac;; been devoted to the church and to missionar.)-
work.
Rev. John Bates. his father. was born in 180;)
in !\orthamptonshire, England. being a member
of an old settled family of that region. He left
his native place in early manhood and went to
London. where he was engaged in the dry goods
trllcle for a time. lea\'ing it to enter the ministry
of the Baptist ('}n1l'<'h. In 1B."jO he settled in
Dubuque County, Iowa. where he rf'll1ailled until
1864, moving from there to Hamilton. Ont., and
thence to Dundas. wherf' he was pastor of the
Baptist Chunh for four years. From 1867 un-
til 1873 he was pastor at ". oodstoek. removing
then to St. George, ,,'here he died in 187". lIe
and his wife were buried at \Voodstor-k. Thf'ir
children were: Lieut. Samuel, who was killed in
the Civil War in the rnited Stateð; .fane. who
is the widow of oW. D. Booker. of Hamilton;
John G., formerly a dry goods merehant at Chi-
cago, Illinois, who died in 1876; Mary R, wife
of Rev. .John l\IcLaurin. D.D., of India (her
children are: Kate S., a missionary in India;
Jennie, a nurse in New Haven. Connecticut;
Rev. John B., B.A., of Toronto; and Elsie R.,
of Toronto); Joseph 1., B.A., Ph.D.. and Rev.
Stuart Samuel. of this sketc.li.
Dr. Bates's sister. :\[rs. Bookpr. wa:
first mar-
ried to Rev. A. V. Timpong, with whom she went
out to India, ,,-here he died in the perform-
aIwe of his missionary labors. He left three
ehildren, namely: Rev. Stuart, .:\I.D., a mission-
ary in India; Euretta N., now 1\[rs. H. E. Still-
well. also a mi
sionary in India; and l\[ary Boo
now Mrs. Clwrles :\I. Clarke, of Aylmer, Ont.
Mrs. Booker's hushand was a son of the late Re\'.
William Booker.
The late Joseph L Bates, a.n older brother of
Dr. S. S. Bates. died in 18f16. and is survive<l by
a widow and two ('hildren. John S. and :\[ar-
jorie. For many years he was identified with
Woodsto('k College, first as a tutor. but later a<;
principal.
Re\'. Stuart Samuel Bates wa" born in Du-
buque County, Iowa, hut was eduC'ated nt
Dundas. "Woodstock and, later. lit the Toronto
rniversity. receiving his degree of B.A. from
the latter institution in If
7f<_ In 1901 he wac;;
honored with the dpgrep of n.D.. whi('h he r!'-
pciwd from )le)laster Pniversity, Toronto. Dr.
Hates took his theolo/!,iC'al COUl'1';e at \Voodstor;,
('olIe!!"!' and Rochestrr. New York, and in 18
1
lw was ordained to the Baptist ministry. His
first ('harge wa,> at (tobles' Cornel'S. Count.). Ox-
ford. where he remained for five ye;11'.-;. then HP-
eepting a call to the College Street Baptist
CO:\DIK\IOR.\ TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
Churt'h. in Toronto. which he served with all
faithfuhwss for scventeen and a half years. In
l!IO:
Dr. Bates was madc field secretary of the
Baptist
nnday Schools in Toronto. Sincc 1892
he has been a member of the S
nate and Board
of Vowrnors of l\I('
[aster l'niversity. and :-;ince
189:{ lIP has bppn f.hairman of the Baptist For-
eign )Ii<;sion Boanl of Ontario and Quebec; he
has also heen honored with othe1' position;; of
rf'Sponsihility.
In 1
:i Dr. Bate,> \\ a<; united in marriage with
.J ospphine .r effery. who was born in TJolldoll.
daughte1' of the late Jospph Jeffery. a man of
IHL<;iness prominpllcP in that pity. They ha\e
three sonS. viz.: Stuart .J., B.A.; Harold C., and
.J. Edgar.
In polities, as far as becomes his profcssion.
Dr. Batcs takes an interest in the SUf'cess of
the Ref01ïll party.
TEPIIE
)IAl'LE .L\RYI
, who passed
away in Toronto in 1!ì0
. was a natiw of On-
tario. born near Oak\'ille. third son of Frederick
Starr and Susan Dlerigold) Jarvis. and grand-
son of Colonel Stpphen .Janis, a prominent r.
E. Loyalist, who fought through the sewn
years (1776-Iï83) Revolutionary war in the
United States.
Co1. Stephen .J an'is. after the dose of the
Revolution, settled in Iï8-1 in Xew Brunswick,
where 11(' lived for twenty-five ypars before com-
ing to Ontario in 1808. IIis home ,,-a<; in To-
ronto froIll 18m until his death in ] 840, and his
ab.<;ene('R from the city wpre only wlÜle making
prolonged vÜ,its to his children. In the twen-
ties hp lived with his younger ';:;on, f-;heriff Wil-
liam Rot<;ford Jarvis. at Rosedale, anù was for
mallY years Registrar of Toronto (then York).
'fhp death of f'ol. .J arvis opcurred in '" Pl'1ton.
while he was on a visit to his daughter, 1\1rs.
Phillips. wife of thp rector at Weston. the Rev.
Thomas Phillips, D.D.. for many years chap-
lain of the. Lpgislative
\ssembly of rpper Call-
ada. After Col. .Jarvi<; became l'sher of the
Blat'k Rod to the Lpgislati,'e Assembly he had
his rooms at the Parliament House, Front street.
and there his grandson, Stephen :l\Iaule. lived
with him while attending rpper ('anacla Col-
lege.
Frederick
tarr .Jan'ii;, son of Co1. Stephen.
was horn in :\'ew Brunswick in ]786. lIe settled
near Oaln-ille on land" granted by the Govern-
ment. Then' on Aug. 4. 1r;16, his thirtieth
birthday, he married Su.
an )[erigold. dang-h-
t('r of a P. E. Loyalist. who had come from
ew
Brunswicl;, thp
'ear b('forp th(' Jan'ises. To this
marriage were born twelve children, as follmys:
Frederick \Yilliam. Sheriff of Toronto, York and
Pepl; Amplia. who married Ale"{ander Proud-
H
foot; Gcorge Thomas, who died at ('hi('ago, leav-
ing a family; Stpplwn ::\Ianle. harri...tpr at Os-
goode Hall; Peter Rohin,.,on. )111,\"01' at Strat-
ford: Charles Beverley. who died in California;
::\[
lry. who 111arri('d deputy r
heriff Henry Sl,yn-
ner; Arthur )Iurray, aeting deputy sheriff at
Osgoodc IIall; Henry
\ugustus. "ho '\"lIS drown-
ed at Stratford; Edgar John, of Rosednle; .Julia,
in England; aud IIe<;ter Elizabeth. who died in
18,)8. All are deeeased e'(cept .Julia and
\rthur
.Murray.
Stephcn 3Ianle Jan'is wa., edm.ated at rpper
Canada Coll('ge, being one of tIlt' first students
graduated frum that institution. III' later read
law with his unde. Judge Jan'is, of Cornwall.
and was called to the Bar in 1843 at Brockville.
In 18-1.; he \\ ent to Brock,'illC'. where he was for
two year... a partner of .Jud:!e Steele. and in
1849 came to Toronto a<; soli("itor of tlw Rhpriff's
office for the Counties of 1m'\(, Toronto and
Peel. lIe \\a<; one of the fonnd('rs of the ClIn-
ada Landed Credit Cmupany. and was soli,.itor
of that company for many years. In Toronto
)[1'. Jarvis was in ('OIÜinuons legal pradiee from
1849 to ]902. and he was a repres('ntati,-e nH'm-
bel' of the Ontario Bar.
In 18.")0 :\11'. .JlIrvis nHJnied )[ar.'" Stin"on,
born n('ar Hamilton in 18:30. daughter of Thomas
and :\Iargaret :-;tinson. :\Irs. :Margaret Stinson
was born .Jan. 1. 1f'06. and died lS8
, daughtPl'
of James Zimmerman. an P. E. Loyalist. and
nl('mbers of the family still li,'e on land patent-
ed from the CrowD to the r. E. Loyalists.
Thomas Stinson wa<; born in Ireland in 1 ï!ì8.
and f'ame to Canada in 18
, lo!'ating in the
Kiagara Distril't, later opening a mercantile
business in Hamilton. In 18
9 h(' built the
Stinson '0;; Blo!'k, the first bri('k store!'> in Ham-
ilton, aud these are still standing. III' was the
first man to import goods from Liverpool direet
to Hamilton. In 18-17 he founded the Stinson
Sa,'ings Bank, "hich he successfully couducted
for many years. )11'. and :\Il'S. Stino;;;on werp
nlPmbers of the ('hurl'll of England. III' was a
wry sw.(.essful l.msincss man. and at his death
Ipft a handsome competency.
To 311'. and :\11'8. Stephen .Jarvis were born:
(1) )[argaret habella
Iaule married B. R.
Clarkson (who died in 189ï). and died in 1900,
leaving- three !'hildren: Kina :ì\(ary. Hilda Stn
art. and C,\"ril .Janis. (
) Thomas
tinson. bar.
rister. of Os!!'Oode IIall. married in lððO .\nn
Croft. daughter of Professor Croft. of the To-
ronto rniwrsity. They had no children. 1\11'.
Stinson .J anis was the authnr of scveral books
of tra,-('l and fif.tion, and i
now li,'ing in ('ali-
fornia. dpvoting himself to journalism. (3)
Stephen .rar,-is. manag-er of thp Rank of :\Iont-
Nal at \Yallapphurg. manied AgIH's S('ott. and
4-2
('O)DIK\lOR.\TfYE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
has one son. Uuy H. (4) Edward Robinson. of
'l'he )Iol<;on'8 Bank. Toronto. is unmarried.
)[1'. .Janis was for several years an alderman
of the eity. and 8l.ting Ilwyor during )[1'. Bowe's
absenee in England. Ul' was a Consenative
in politics. and a member of
t. George's So-
eiet,\". ) [rs. Jarvis 8m'vives her husband and
re:-.idf's at her hOUle. ).,10. 131 Bewrlpy strpf't. To-
ronto.
IU'UH RY.\X was one of the be.
t-l,n(lwn men
in Canada. and he left an impl'l'ishabl p monu-
ment behind him in the hundreds (If miles of
railroad Ill' ('oJlstnH'tpd. opening up a new
l'lllpire to thp wurld. He WëlS oorn in County
Limeridc Ireland. in 18:32. son of )Iartin and
)["rgaret (Conway) Ryan.
::Ual"tin Ryan \Va.<; horn in Irdand. and in 18-1:1
broug'ht his family to Canada. He settled 011 a
farm near )[ontJ'eaI. whpre Ill' spent the remaind-
er of his life. Ilis wifl'. )[ar
aret ('oJlwa
-. died
in Perth. Out. Their ('hil<lrpn Wl'rp: Hugh,
John. Patriek. )[artiu. .\liee (l\[l".
. )[id!ael Do-
]lPm,\"). and ::\[argaret pIrs. .John Doyle). Of
this family
I1ugh R
1m 'HIS but nine years of age when
the family eame to Canada. in whieh country's
conlllwreial affairs he "al'; destined to heeome so
important a faetor. \\'hen eightt:>en years of
age hl' embarked in railway eontrading. in whieh
linp he gained an international reputation. His
first work was on the eonstruction of the
t.
Lawrellee &
\tlantie Railway. whi('h hp('ll1np the
fÎl'St link of the (;raud Trunk System, and at
his death he was 0111-' of the oldest railway con-
tral'Ìors on the .\uH'riean ('ontinent. having spent
fort.' -six years in that oe('upation. In all of his
ent<'rprisps. invoh-ing the expenditure of hun-
dreds of millions of dollars. hI:' never \'ntel'ed
an aetioll at law against any man-a fal't whieh
alO1w (.;peal;:s volumes for his lnminl's,<; tal't. In
Hì.)6 the firm of n. & .J. Ryan took tlw ("ontrm.t
for a portion of the Broekvillp & Ottawa line
(now the Ontario & Quelwe), from :-;mith's
:Falls to Perth. also tl1ëlt hrëllH.h of the same road
from Arnprior to Bonne!'here, now a portion of
thl' main line of the Canadian Paeifir Railway.
1\[1'. H.YlIII had eontra(.ts on nlll<'h of the work of
th(. railroad" in )Iiehi
an. Kentu!'k.'" and Illinois
-hi" work in the latter lll'ing- a pal't of the' Chi-
eago &
\lt(ln road. In l
üï he w..nt to Xova
R('otia, alill with :\11'. .\. Brooks built a lar!!e por-
tion of the Pietou railroad. along the Salmon
riwr. The saml' firm built a largf' portion of
the Ellropl'an & )\orth .\meriean line in )[aine
and :'\ew Brunswi('k, also the Pop!' line from
Lennox to the eastl'rn township.
. )[1'. Ryan
huilt Reetion 20 of tlIP Internati\lllIlI railway. in-
(,luding the hridges
l<'ross tliP ::\Iiramiehi rin'r.
In 18ï6. with ::\fr. Purcell. hc built the Canadian
Pacific. from Port \ViIliam to Eagle Ri,'er. a dis-
tam'l' of 2:W miles, laying the fil'.
t rail west of
Port William. In 18íï they started the first
]o!'omotin> on the Canadian Paeifie. )[1'. Rvan
had th(. managellIPnt of the I'onstrnetion of' thl'
road from Toronto to Perth and in eOlljunetion
,\ith )[1'. Ì[ëlllPV he huilt t];1' R..d Rive
\Talley
road from Wjn
ipeg. In all. ]IP had to do witil
the ('onstnH'tion of about 1.000 miles of raihnn-
III Canada and the Pnited State-'!. .
While :\[1'. Ryan could justly feel gmtified at
his wonderful su<,cess as a railway ('ontral'Ìor
his supreme effort was on the const
Ul.tion of th
Canadian Sault canal. requiring six years of
time. This strul'Ìm'e will of ih
elf prove a monu-
ment to his husiness ability and meehanipal gen-
ins. II.. \\ 11" one of the founders of tlll' Domin-
ion ('au]e Company. in whi('h he was a stoek-
holder. and he was !!reatlv Ïnterested in maIH'
busin!".,,, I'nterprisl's in T
ronto. among whieil
may be mentiOlll'd the Imperia] Bank. in whieh
he was a direl"tor; and he was a dirl:'('tor in the
TOl'Onto General Trusts Corporation., thl' Canad-
ian General Eleetrie Company. and the Toronto
Electrie TJight Company and also in the Old
King-ston [J(}('(mHltive \Vorks. He ,vas a trustee
of the Toronto (h'neral Hospital; vice-president
of Ht. )Iiehael's Hospital; and one of the trustees
in Canada of the E<Juitahle IJife Insuranee COlll-
pany. In all his business enterprises :Mr. Ryall
was most suc<,essful. and at hi,.;;; death. which 0('.
eurre<1 F('b. 13, 18!H). he was one of Toronto's
wealthy and prolllinent citizens. \Yith his for-
tune, ael/uired throu
h his 0\\ n efforts. he was
('OllStëllltl
- doing gOO(l. In BJO;) he uuilt the fine
"ing to
t. Miehad's Hmpital. Toronto. at a
,'ost of $(jO.OOO. This handsome strul'Ìure :\h's.
!lyan. his wife, haIllùmmely equipped. and many
a pHtiellt suffercr will reap the Iwnefits bestow-
ed hy these good ])('o}>ll'.
In 18.)8 Hugh Ryan was mm'ried to 1\[is'
1Iar.
garet \Valsh. who was born in Ireland, daughter
of William Walo{h. She died in Cairo. Egypt
Fl'b. 2
. 1901. her rl'mains being brought haek to
Toronto alld buried beside ]wr husband. To :\11'.
and Mrs. Hyun were born fOllr SOliN anò four
daughtp1,!,;, of whom .Tohn 'l'. (the third in or(IN
of hirth) and Mary are the only survi\"OI'<;.
Rpl'aking of the dpath of Mr. Hugh Ryan, a
leading Toronto papPI" \
aid: ., In the death of
.\b'. Ryan, Canada lost one of her strongest elmr.
actpl'S and ]u'('npst intl']]pcts. and Toronto OlH'
of her most ]wne"olent ('itizens. "
.fOIlN 'fIlO
L\S RV.\N, only sur"i,-ing SOli of thp
late 1 I ugh Ryan. was horn at Perth. Ont., .\ pril
J, 18(j:3. His parly ]it<'rm'y training was rel'eiYed
in tlw sehool:
of his native town. and this was
suppll'lIl('ntl'd hy stud". in Xew York awl Ottawa.
, ,1
('())L\IE:\[oR.\ TIVE BIOUR.\PHIC
\I.J REcnRD
-l
:'III'. Ryan has hpen 11 resilient of Toronto since
1 t'
.ï. In 1 !H).l. on the formation of tllP Dominion
e\\PI' Pipe l'omp>>ny. Ill' 'H1S elpdeli its Pl'esi-
dpnt. and this eompany has thl' \)('st of prospcf.t
hefore it. Lik,' his father, :'Ih'. Ryan is a thoI"
oug-h hn'iinl'ss m,lll. awl is deÌf'rmined to make a
"ueeps." in any husiness entprprise to \\ hi,'h hc
giw.. hi'i tinw amI att l'ution.
In 1902311'. H.\illl marripd 31iss Bronw.ha :'IIf'-
En:,nlle. daughkr of ,John E. 3IeEvenue. wPll
Ii:nO\\ n in 3Iontn'al. To this union lIa,-p heen
horn t\\ 0 l"Ilildren. lIul!h /lnd Bronarha.
.. IIollydelw." tIlt' homt:' of :\11'. ami 3h-:-;.
Ryan. is one of the l1l'autiful spots of Toronto,
ami \H1S huilt in l
i(j. :'III'. and 3Irs. Ryan are
members of tllP Roman ('atholie Churl.h. Lili:p
his father \wfore him. ::\11'. Ryan is a 'I:'ry g'enial
I!entll'man, amI enjoys the 1'0000pPl'Ì and e"t('('m of
>> ypry wide eirele of friend,.; amI a('(IUaint,lIlc(,s
in the ('it.'.. who see in the son many of the
admirable traits whil'h nUlllp the father so popu-
lar ami suerps-;(lIl. In his hon\(' Ill' is a loying
hnshand and devoted father. amI in all walk"
of life a true Christian g-entIl'man.
.JO
EI'II W. LE
sLIE. 3I.D.. of Xo. 1 St.
Patriek street. Toronto. is a memlwr of one of
tilt:' old families of the QUí'l.n City. The first of
tilt' Ll'sslie famil." in .\meril'a of whom \\e hm"e
any data is Edward Lesslie. the Dodor's grand-
fatIl\'r. Ill' was h"rn in Dundep, Rf'otIand. about
1íï:3. and on ::\Ionday, .-\ul!. iï. 1í9
. married
Elizal1Pth "-atson. also a natiye of Dundee.
In l
HJ Edward Ll'sslie sent his son. Edward.
to Ameriea. on a pro..;pef.ting tour. for the pur-
pose of locating a suitahle phwt:' at whieh to settle
the famil.,"- After "pending some time in Phila-
delphia amI other plaees in the . 'nited
Hates
::\11'. Lf'sslie eame to Cmmd>>. and d(,l'ided that
Toronto was the plaee for his parents and their
famil.'" to
->ettle. Consequentl.,. in 182:t the
grandfather and his famil." c-ame to Canada.
hringing with them a c-argo of
pm'ral merehan-
(Ii'il'. anù on arri,'inl! in this l"ountry pmbarked
in husilll:''''i in Kinl!ston. Toronto and Dundas.
.At thi'i timp they hml the privileg'p of issuing
their 0\\ n coin. and Dr. Lp>;slie has in his pos-
ses"ion a twopenny pie('e and a halfpenny is.'ilwd
h." dlP Les.'ilíes. .bearing' their name and the ad-
dress of their places of bm;íness. The family
consisted of Edward Lcsslie. Sr.. his wife. and
the following c-hildren: Edward; .John. who set-
tled in Dundas and had (.hargp of the busin('s
there; .JamE'S, who 10f'ated in Toronto for a
time. and thpn settled in Eglinton; "Tilliam.
\\ ho lwcame a wealth." broker of Xl'\\" York Cit,\";
Grac-e. who marril'd :\11'. Holt. of Dundas; .\nn.
who married :'III'. Patterson, of Dundas; Charles,
\\ ho went with others from Torouto to Daven-
port. Iowa. where the,\" pur,.hasl'.1 a Im'gl' amount
of land (some of till' Toronto Iwol'll' \\ IHI px-
])('(.te(l to join tlwm. ('hangin!! tllPir miJ1(k sold
their íntere>;t.. to :'Ill'. Charles L"sslie and others
of the ('ompan,\"); ,Joseph, the fatlwr of DI'.
L,'sslie; Helen. who died unmarried in lR9
1: an.1
L
'(lia. who married :\l!'. Thomton, of Dunùas.
,fUo">eph Les.'ilie \\as horn at Dumke ,fan. :.30.
lSl:t
lIld was ten ,\"ears old when hi" parent'.
eame to (',mml>>. II e \\.I'i cduratell in H()('hester
and Boston. and then spent some timc with hi!',
peopl.. at home in Torouto. II(, he('ame onc of
the editor" of the E.ramillrl' (now the (}lobe), amI
later purl"hased a farm in Count.'. Xorfolk. near
that of Dr. James (}r>>ham. \\host' daughter.
Sarah Elizalwth (:raham. he later marríf'd. :'III's.
Le.;slíe was hOl'n in ('f)unty Xorfolk. Hpr fath-
er, Dr. nraham. was a prominent man of his
lhl.". ami sen'Pll a
a snrgeon in the war of lRl
,
"eing with (:eneral Broek at the batdp in whi,'h
the Uel1Pral was killed. .Uter two years of
farming ,Joseph Les.'ilie was appointed in l"harge
of the York roa(l'i. and was later appointeù post-
ma':>ter at Toronto, "hich position he filled for
twenty-sen'n or twenty-eight ,\'l'ars. until super-
anmwted h.'" Sir .John :\[acùonalù with a hand-
some supl'rannuHtion. Prior to his post offic-e
appointment )fr. Lesslie \H1S af'tive in ('al1l-
paigns and was a stronl! aUfI f.onvin('illg stump
speaker for till' lIon. Robert Baldwin. thp grand-
fathpr of Dr. ,Jospph W. l..esslie's wife. After
leaving tht:' P(
<,t offi('e :\11'. Lesslie liwd retire,1
until his death. whÏl.h o('('UlTed Jan. 6. IHO-!; his
wife pas''Ied aW1l,\" in lbtrt In politic-a I sentiment
:\11'. Le
"Slip \\ as a Reformer. and in reli
ion Ill'
\\ as c-onnel'ted with the PI.' mouth Brethren. His
l"hildren aI''': Oraee. the wife of E. .J. Harding.
of Bristol. England. who has two childrcn. Har-
old h'an allll ConstaUf'e; James, de(,pased in lI'ÌÎ:3.
who wa'i in the post offiee dl'partment. Toronto.
for sonw time: 3Iar,\". who married '1'. D. Bell,
of 3Iontreal. and ha'i two children. :\Iurid and
Le<;lie: Dr. Rolph. deceased in Ib
)
. who wa
olJe of thp prominent men of his day; Dr. Jo-
seph ,Yo ; <<:eorl!ie. who died in 18il ; and Louisa.
,\ ho married Andrpw Bpll. of :'IfontreaL and has
one son. .\ndrew Lesslie BPII.
From the London :'IIl'dipal Oireetory of HmO
we take tlH' followinl! ('oneerning Dr. Rolph Lpss-
lie; :\I.A., :'II.D.. Toronto. 1
ï6; L.R.C.P., Lon-
don. Enl!laml. 18ï9 (St. Thomns and Vienna);
F.R.n.K: ()rdpr of :\Ipdjidi. fourth class; RlL'-;so-
Turkish H11l1 Zulu war nwdal; physician, Queen
Charlotte's Hospital: snrgeon major. Turkish
war. 1 Mïï -it!; amhulam'(' snrgeon, Xational Aid
Roeiet."-Russo-Turkish Compassionate Fund.
during'
.;mallpox ppidf'mif' in COIL';tantinople,
1878; resident assistilnt physician, Hospital. Port
of RpailJ. Trinidad. It'80-S1; ph.' si('ian, HonlPr-
4-!
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RECORD
ton Fever Hospital, 1881; surgeon in the Zulu
war. 18ï9; physieian. International African As-
sociation. 188:
-8-! j physician. Congo Free State.
1884 to 1
86 j "Order of LeopoJil," "Chevalier.
1886;" Order of the Congo. Star. 1889: author
of" Hints to Traveller;:; in the Tropies."
Dr. .Joseph 'V. Le,.,,.,lie was born in Toronto in
]8:>4, and was educated at the Cpper Canada Col-
lege and Toronto Vniversity, rereiving' the de-
gree of 1\1.D. from the latter in ]8ï9, sinl'e whirh
time he has practised his profession in Toronto.
The DodoI' ha<:; a1;o been prominent in military
mattprs. lIe was surgpon to the" Quepn 's Own"
for nearlv fifteen vpars. and was surgeon in thp
Northwe
t Rebelli
n (1885), receiving a medal
and PIasp and al<;o twice "sperial mention."
Dr. Lesslie's ambulance corps in the "Queen's
Own Ritics" was the first started in Canada. and
they also had the honour of heing specially men-
tioned for their services at "Cut Knife Hill." in
188;).
Dr. I..rsslie was married in 1883 to 1\Iif>":'; .Agatha
1\1. Y. Baldwin, daughter of the late William
V\Tilh'l)('ks Baldwin, whose sketch appears else-
where. Dr. and l\Irs. Lesslie are members of the
(,hureh of England. In politics he is a Con-
servative.
XEILL ROn-ER, who passed away in 1877 in
the 'YPSt Indies. was born there, and was a son
of the Hon. .James D. Roger. of St. Kitts. VI[.
I., where he 0\\ ned a large sugar plantation. The
Hon. ;\11'. Roger later removed to Scotland, where
he passed the remainder of his life, and there
died.
Xcill Roger was edueated in rJermany and
Hythe, England, and after completing' his edu-
eation joined the "Second Queen's" at nibral-
tar. lIe remained with this reginwnt two years.
during whi('h time he was in Bermuda during
the yellow fever epidemic. From this regiment
1\[1'. Roger changed to the commissary depart-
ment. and in ]864 he rame to C>>nacla. serving
during the Fenian Raill. lIe was stationed at
Thorold, Fort Erie and other plac.e=;. He tlwn
went to the commissary's office in Toronto. later
rpmoving to QuebeC'. and whilc thprp 1\11'. Hoger
was called into the second Fenian Raid. having
charge of the supplies of all kinds for the men.
Ræigninl! from the emnmissary department. 1\[1'.
Roger volunteered to go to the West Indies. :'I[I'S.
Rogpr aeC'ompanying him. For a time they were
located at Trinidacl. and thcn wcnt to S1. Kith;,
whpre 1\[1'. Roger died. as abovp mentioned.
During his stay in Toronto 1\[1'. RogPl' married
Mis..., Elizabeth Paterson. daughter of Peter and
lIannah (Wil<öon) Paterson. tlw former born in
Xe\\" OhISgOW. and the latter in Enl!land. Pcter
Patprson was educ'ated at Bishop Htraehan's
School, Toronto. and was for many year,,> a we11-
known dry goods merchant on Klng street east.
His home wa<; known as "Blantyre Park." the
space now being ol'c'upied hy the R. C. Indus-
trial School. !Iis father, Peter Paterson, c'ame
from Scot land to " l\[uddy York" at an em'lv
da,'., and was for some time engaged in the har(l-
ware bu
inc8s on King street; he founded the
firm of P. Paterson & Sons, and died in Toronto.
'l'() Peter and Hannah ('Vilson) Paterson were
born: Re\'. C. 'V., who is deceased; Frederick
'Vn <I('l'easpd, who nmrrÌl.d Florence
[c'Carthy
and had rhildrcn; 1\Irs. Roger; Rev. T. 1,V..
i
Tm'onto j
[ar.v Louisa. a missionary among the'
.Japanese in California; Emily. wife of Frpd
'Vinstanley; and J. II.. of Toronto.
.:\11'. amI 1\Ir.;;;. Roger had four children: Alic'e
:\Iaude, Edith. 11. Percy, and Neill, of whom the
last named died in ]902. 1\11'. Roger was an Ang-
lican in religion. and Mrs. Roger also adhereI'; to
that faith.
Jonx 1\1. FH'\DLAY,
r.A., who died in To-
ronto in 189G, was one of the city's highly
psteemed ('itizens. lIe was born in Scotland in
1860, and in hia native land rec'ei,'ed his literary
training, completing the c'lassicall'ourse in nlas-
gow Cniversity, from whieh he was graduatpd
with the degree of .:\LA.
Shortly after graduation :\11'. Findlay rame to
Canada and settled in Toronto, and soon became
connepted with the Board of Trade of that C'it.".
later accepting the pOl';ition of accountant in the
offiC'e of the IJomlon Canadian Loan Compan
.,
a position whic'h he was ably filling at thp time
of his death. 1\11'. Findlay was a prominent mem-
ber of the Presbyterian Church, and active in it.;;;
work. lIe was a member of the 1\lasonie fra-
ternity. and of the .\. O. P. W., and in all rir(.lrs
was prominent and popular. A publiC'-spirited
citizen and Christian genth'man. his death '\"as
felt b.,. all. and the city of Toronto lost one of
lwr rC'prpscIItatin> citizens and upright men.
,],IIO
L\S BROWN (deceased). 1<'01' many
years the firm of Brown Brothers has been a
Ipadin
c'omlllprc'ial illllu..;try in Toronto, its foun-
dation having been laid about sixty ypars ago
by Thomas Bnl\\ n. Rr.. the fathcr of the gentle-
man whose name apppars at the head of thi
sketc'h. and it i,<ö with the early history of the
eompany that Thomas Brown, Jr., was idcntified.
lIe was horn at i\ewcastle-upon-Tyne, England,
.Tan. 1;;' 1828. and when ahout eighteen years of
age rmne with the family to Canada. where his
fathpr pmharkPd in tlw stationery business. At
the time of his death it was transferred to the
manal!pment of the sons. Thoma... Hiehard and
John. A thorough bll'.:;Íness man, Thomas Brown.
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\..TIYE BIO(
R.\.PHIC.-\T.1 RECORD
4;)
our subject, was honest and upright in all of his
dpalin
"S and had mueh executive ability, and the
SUCl't'ss which has attended the firm, with whid1
he continued until his death, in September, 1866,
is largely due to his efforts. He was a member
of the 1Iethodi,,,t Church, and for mauy years
sf'r\ed a'i trustee and Sunday school superinten-
dent. In politics he "
1S a Reformer.
On Aug. 30, 18-18, Thomas BrO\\-n married
1Iis..., Ann Parry. born at :Uandwster. England,
-\ug. ï. 18
8. daughter of IImry and Esther
(Bailey) Parry. the former born in \Vales, and
the latter in )lan('hester, Englanù. Henry Parry
came to Toronto about 18-10. and soon thereafter
established himself in the tailoring business on
Kin!! street. opposite the" Rossin lIouse." 1\Iany
of the early residents of the city will remember
:\11'. Parry and his hnsiness. lIe was an enthu-
siastic ehureh nml Sunday-school worker. and
was eonnected \\ ith one of the first ::\lethodist
churches in the city. He died in Toronto in
]8-19, as did his wife in 1886, their ehildren be-
ing: Henry, of Toronto; )lar::, the \\ idow of Wil-
liam Kilpatrick. of Toronto; Emma. deceased,
who married John Henùerson. who also died in
Toronto; Esther, who married Charles Blair, and
died in Toronto; and Ann, who bel'ame Mrs.
BrO\\n.
To 111'. and ::\Irs. Thomas Brown the follow-
ing family were born: Capt. Thomas, of the
Queen's Own Rifles. deceased, a sketeh of whom
will he found elsm\llere; lIenry J.. of Brown
Bros., Ltd.. \\ ho married liIatilda Reed; )Iiss
Annie )1., of Toronto; Emma II.. wife of \Vil-
limn 1<:wen8. of Owen Sound; 1Iinnie. wife of
Dr. W. n. .Jeffs, of Eglinton: \Yilliam G.. of
Toronto, who married :\{iHicent Britt: and Har-
riet E.. who became the wife of George H. Lugs-
din.
DR. JOH
EDWARD "RITE, 'who died
in Toronto in 18Ð-1. was a well-known medical
practitioner of the Queen City for many .vears.
The Doctor \\ a'i born at Beaverton, Ont., in 1848.
son of Henry
\Vhite. also a native of Canada, and
a I'ivil enginpl'r of wide reputation.
Dr. \Yhite was edneated at the lTpper Canada
College. and at the {Tniver.
ity of Toronto. gradu-
ating from the medical department of the latter
institution in 1870. He he!.!im his medical prac-
tice at Pontiae, Miehigan. but remained there
only a short time, after which he lo('ated in
Parry Sound for a number of years. thence went
to Beaverton for three years. and finally :;;ettled
on Carlton street, Tomntl/, where he cuntinued
in the pradice of medieine and sur
f'ry until his
death. Dr. White was one of the leading physi-
cians and surgeons of IIi!> day, was ,'ery sueeess-
ful in the praetice of his chosen profession, and
was highly esteemed by all who knew him.
In 18ì5 the Doctor married .:\IÏss
\nnie Gurnee
Hpwitt \Vallis, born in Toronto in 1852, daughter
of Thomas George and Sarah (Hewitt) \Vallis,
the former a native of l\Ia,
saehusetts, and the
latter of Kew York, a sister of the late Senator
\bram S. Hewitt, of the Empire State. a son-in-
law of Peter Cooper. of New York City. The
Coopers and He\\ itts were OW11ers of the Trenton
Iron and Wire business at Trenton, Xew Jersey.
Thomas George and Sarah (Hewitt) \Vallis were
both born in 181
. He was a son of Thomas
\Yallis. of Cornwall, England, OWller of tin mines
of Cornwall. Thomas George \Vallis came to
New York as manager for .John Hewitt, exporter,
father of Sarah Hewitt, and who located in To-
ronto in 1R16. engaging in eabinet making _ for
man." years at the corner of King and Simeoe
streets. His wife was .i\Iary
-\nn LY11('h, of Eng-
lish e\.tl'àetion. Thomas George \\T allis. father of
:\11'8. White. engaged in the grocery business at
the corner of (
ueen and ,John streets. Toronto,
for a number of years. and died in 18ì1. his wife
surviving until 1893. Their children were: the
late Lieut.-Cot George Hewitt Wallis. who
sel'Yed in the American \Var of the Rehellion in
18Gl-5; Charles Hewitt WaUi'l. del'eased: and
)Irs. Whitf', "\, idow of the Doctor.
To Dr. and 1Ilrs. \\Thite were horn three sons:
Edward Hewitt. of ['algar.".
\lherta: Franeis
Otway, of Toronto: and Conrad L., of the same
place. Dr. \Vhite was a member of the Chureh
of England. to whieh faith Mrs. White also
adheres. In polities he wrus a Conservatiye.
DR. \YARREX BALDWIN, B.A., who di<'d
at Olive Ishmd. :\Iuskolm, March 23, 1903,
was a native of the Queen City. horn in
1864, third ('hild of Robert and ,Jemima
Uac-
Dougall) Baldwin. whose other ('hildren were:
Rev. ,James :\leQlleen. a missionary of .Japan;
Robert. deeeased: .Jemima. Mrs. Dy:-;on Ha
ue,
of London; David Ceeil, deeeased; Catherine,
wife of J. S. R. Boyd, of Toronto; Elizabeth
Mary,
Irs. Barr. of Toronto: Annie Gertrude,
deeeased; Frederiek \Yall<er. a student of To-
ronto; and Graee Constance. Dr. Warren BaId-
\\ in was a eousin of H. St. ITeorge and Dr. \ViI-
liam A ugustns Baldwin, to \\ hose sketehes the
rpader is referred for the early history of the
Baldwin family.
Dr. Warren Baldwin \\a.s edueated at the rp-
per Canada Collf'g-e and thl' '1'oronto rniversity.
graduating from the latter in 1886. with the de-
gree of B.A. On f'ompleting' his cla<;,<;ieal ('ou1';;e
above mentioned Dr. Baldwin took up the study
of medicine at Trinity 1\Iedieal School, and took
tlw dpgrl'e of :\1. B. at 'foronto lTniversity in
-!ß
CO:\L\IK\IORATIYE BIOGRAPIIIC.\L RECORD
] t'8
1. 1[(> l'lmtinued his studies in Philadelphia
under Dr. Kent. a welJ-known homeopathic physi-
cian of that city. Returning to Toronto, the
Doetor pradised for three real'S, when failing
lwalth l'auspd him to locate in
[uslwlm. where
Ill' practÎ!,;ed his profession until his death.
In 1892 Dr. "'arl'eu Baldwin and
\Iiss Cath-
erin(' A. I3. Ridlry werp united in marriage :\h-s.
Baldwin is a native of Hamilton. and a daughter
of the latp Dr. Henry T. Ridley. a well-kno\\ n
physi,.ian of that l'ity. born in 18:.n. son of Dr.
Ridley. of Belleville; he married Catharine :\Iary,
daug'hter of Hon. Edmund )Iurne
', of Belleville.
Dr. Ridley read IJ1pdicinp at :àV' (ii II. and Eor
many .H'ars pral'tÏst'd his prof('ssion at Hamilton.
and he died in 18%. Dr. Ridley's children werl':
IJouisa )1. de R., :\lrs. E. W. Boyd, 1\1rs. H. H.
LHhatt.
Jrs. Baldwin. and Sophia E. D. To Dr.
and :\[rs. Baldwin wrre born the following l.hilù-
rl'n: Hidlpy
\Yarren (del'eas('d); Kathrrine
:\[ary \Varren, and Robert Henry Warren.
Dr. Baldwin was a nWl1ll'er of the Chureh of
Bng'lund. In politics he was a Reformer.
RICHARD ::;eGDEX WILLLU[S. who
passed away at his latr resiùem'e, "Oaldawn,"
l'orner of Sherbournp and \Vellesle,\T streets. To-
ronto. Feb. 24. ] !J()G, was one of the city's hest
k11lH' n husillPs,,, men anil highly estepmpd citi-
zens.
The 'Villiams fmnil.,' is oÏ English extr;J(.tion,
and" as foumlrd in Canada in 18:38 h,\' Riehard
",'{illiams. th(' fathl'r of Ri(.har(l 8.. who on ('om-
ing to this country spttled at IIaJni, Iton and
thrl'(' lived as a r('tirl'd g'('ntlpman until 18;)4.
He then removpd to Toronto,' and Soon lweame
l'olm('etl'd with thp Xorthprn railway, at the
opening of whidl he was af'f'ideIltaUy I<illrd at
'I'wmarkpt. Hp had two sons: ni(.hard Rw.rd.'n
and William Hodg.
on. \V. U. Williams was
for some ,\'I'ars associatpd with his h1'other in thp
manufa(.tm'(' of organs. but lat('r wput to Bal-
tinlllrr. :\hlr,\'land. where thp rpmaindl'r of his
life was sppnt.
Ri('hard Sugdl'n \Villiams was born April 12.
] x:
-!. on Oxford street. London, En!!land. and
wa<; f'hristpnpd in St. :\[argaret "s Churl'h. bl'sidr
W' pstminster Ahhp
. III' was but four ,\.rars old
whpn thp family spttlt'd in Canada. In lR-!9, at
thp agp of fiftepn years. he b-:g:m th(' work in
whieh I}(' won an international reputation. As a
lad he showed markl'd abilit.', in repairing musi-
('al instruments. and shortly after the family re-
mm'ed to Toronto. in tx.í-!. he pmbarked in the
manufal'ture of banjos, mandolins. PÌ!'., his first
plm'p of husinrss bf'ing on Yongp strf'et. abovr
Quren !'.trert. From thpre he r('l1lovpd to the
prpspnt location. 1\"0. 1-!
Yongp strpet. In 18ï9
the firm of R. S. \Villiams & Ron was formed.
Mr. Robert Williams entering the compan.'T.
From thp smalll'r pnterprise the firm entered into
the making of the melodeon, later the cabinet
organ, and finally the pipe orgèUl and piano. The
pipe organ line "as found to be not so satisfac-
tlll'Y as the cabinet organ and piano, and was
soon dropped, the pntire energy of the firm be-
ing given to the manufaeture of the latter in-
struments uutil 18ÐO. whrn the manufacture of
guitars, banjos. etc., became a part of thp bu<;i-
ness. For many years l\Ir. 'Yilliams had his
faetory in Hayter street, Toronto, but in 18
H
it '\"as moved to Oslum a. In 189U the firm of
the R. S. "ïlliams and Sons Company. Limited.
was incorporated. with a ('apital of $;)00.000. R.
R 'Yilliams hf'ing pl'l'Sident, and Robert Wil-
liams vi<'p-president, and in 19()
tIll' husinpss
was divided aUll tIll' Williams Piano ('ompany
foumll'd at Ü;;hawa with a capital of $
.íO.OOO.
while the busin('ss at Toronto was continu('d un-
dl'r the former name. :\11'. \ViIli8111S relllailll'd ac-
tively identified with th(' business until 1903,
when failing health <'ompelled him to relinquish
actiV<' duties and plal'l' thpm upon the shoulders
of his sons. who h1l(1 been as.'ioeiated with him at
hoth phwl's named. TIIP extl'nt of this businpss
may be appre,.iated from the fad that th(' pay-
!'OIl of th(' faetory at Oshawa amounts to 0"('1'
$60,000 annually. in additiou to that of till' l'0111-
mereial '.-;all'smen and others eonueeted with the
businps.<;-in all about two hundrpd and fifty
Illl'n. "'hen it is realized that the majority of
thf's(, t\\ 0 hnndred and fifty men are marril'd
and ha,'e families, it will be seen that fully onl'
thousand peopl p arf' (ll'ppndl'nt upon the SU('-
('('8.<; of this llU:,;iIles
for a li,'elihood. Probabl
'
no man is a gr('atpr publil' b('nefal'to1'. in tllP
true sense of thp word. tlwlI he who flll'nish('s
rmploynwnt foJ' so many of his fpUOWlIl(,lI. m1fl
!'.ul'h a man "'as the lat(' R. S. 'Villiallls.
fr.
\Yilliams was a Jll('mbcr of St. ,James' Cathedral.
and in pulitil'al matteI'S was a Consl'ryatiw.
)[rs. \Villiams, who survives her hushand. was
!\Iiss Sarah Korris. daughter of Rolwrt and
Iar."
(De 1\Iaine) Korris. who ('amr from tllf' Cllited
Statps to Canada ill 18.í2. To )[1'. and )h's.
\ViIliallls there wrrl' born l'llÎldren as follows:
Rohert, president of thp \ViIliams Piano ('om-
pany nt Oshawn. è1 skrt,'h of \\ hom appear:- dse-
",IIPre in this volulllr: Ri('hard HugllPn. .J 1'.. prf'-
:-idpnt of th(' It H. \Villiams & Hons ('olllpany.
Ijimitpd. a sketl'h of whom is found l'lsewh('rc
in this work; .AlInip. thl' willow of Dr. 'Villialll
:\[001'('. who Ims one SOli, \Villimn Ellwood )Toorl'.
tI1f' lllanag-t'r of the \Yinnippg' (l\Ian.) hranrh
of thp R.
. \Yilliams &
ons C'ompauy. Limit-
ed; and JT('rJwrt Dp '[aine "'illiams. in tht>
piano hnsinpss in Ottawa.
1h'. \Yilliallls "as a Illall of rpfill('d ta
t..s.
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enjo
'illg ,lS his rel'reation his plants and flow-
ers. in his beautiful conservatory. lIe took fre-
quent trips both on this continent and abroad.
in \\ hil'h all t1w members of his family were par-
tÎl.ipant:.; at one time or other. His later
'ears
\\ere spent in contributing to the happiness of
others amI lending a helping hand to lIlany who
\\'1'1'1' in Jlpl'd. )[1'.
\Yilliams was an exemplary
eitiæn in e,'ery walk of life, and in his death
Canada lo-;t a pioneer manufacturer of musieal
instruments. Toronto one of her suecessful husi-
nps'''' men. the ('hureh a eonsistent member and
lilJeral ,.;upporter. and his family a de,"otpd hus-
hand HIllI fHtlIPr.
l'1[[U
TIE. BRüWX & Cü:\IPAXY. I..DlIT-
ED. The buildings oceupied b
this firm are
situated on Duke street. in the City of Toronto.
and eowr an area of 2ïO feet frontage. by 1:30
fpet deep. Thl'l'e are the storey" and basement.
,\ ith a total t!oor space of 210.000 fl'et. The
nUlIllwr of employees is .)
.Ooí.
The history of the firm is an intl'resting one.
It was originally formed b.v .Mathers
Brown.
"ith )h-, William Christie as assistant baker and
trawllin!< salesman. In 18;)() )[1'. )[athers retir-
ed. and )h'. Christie became assol'iated with
\Ir.
Ale\.ander TIm\\ n as partner. Three years later
the latter retired. but in lS61 Iw was again back
in the bu:.,ines'i. when thl' stylI' of thp firm he-
Call1(' Christie, Brown & ('ompan
. Tn 1878 )[1'.
Brown finHlly retired from the firm. )ll'. Christie
eontinuing tlH' husil1l'ss under the old fh'm name
until.June. 11'Ì9!). when it was merged into a joint
toe.k eompan,\". \\ ith a capital of $;)00.000. Aftpr
)[1'. William Christie's death, in .June. 1900. his
son.
\[r. Robprt .T. Chri'itie. beeame president;
R. Han'ey, viee-prl'sident; and (' E. Edmonrls.
secretary - trea<;11rer.
The Imsiness was originally started on Y onge
street. It was removed from there to Franeis
strppt in 1s7l. amI from Frmll'is strpt't to the
prt"..,ent "ite at Fredpri('k and Duke streets in
Ih74. The original ImiMing on the pre8ent site
"as 60 x
O feet. Besides the Toronto factory
there are branch warehouses on St. Charles Bor-
romeI' street. )[ontreal. and DalholL<;ie street,
Quebec. There a 1'1' also agencies in
t. .John,
Halifax. 'Vinnipeg. Vil'toria. and Vancouwr. [n
all. ('hristie, Brown & COlUpan.'". Limited, em-
plo
sevpntpen travellers. \\ ho cover thc Domin-
ion from one end to the other. The far.tory is
s('rnpnlously clean. The !<irls employcd in patk-
ing histuits are prO\'ided at the firm's c\.pem;e
"ith (,lean blouse'i and large whitp aprons. and
the men "ith "hit" 8uits and po('ket handker-
ehi!'fs. ",hil(, bath., of modern stylI' and finish arp
prm'ided for all.
Durin!! the last f"" ypars the ('ompany lJ:1s
b!'en paying some attention to the expol'1 trade.
and it has met with a good deal of su\'cess.
., Christie's Biscuits" are now to 1)(' found in
several leading !'itit":> of the "Cnited
tates. sneh
as Kew York, Boston. Chi('ago. Cleveland and De-
troit.
hipments are also made with more or less
l'egLllarity to
outh .Uriea and the British 'Vest
Indies. "hill' unsolieitpd husinp'is h11.-; bpen 1'1'-
ceiwd from Cnba. TTayti, India and 'e\\ Zea-
land. The firm has p\:.port ag-ents in (;reat Bri-
tain.
onth .\fril'a and the \V t'st Indies. They
nwnnfaetm'e alll,iml'i of sweetened and unsweet-
ened biscuit'i, and for the e\.port traùe all ib;
hiseuits He put up in hernwti('all., sealed tin
ho)\.es.
\Yn,L/\ '1 )[ELL1:-: ('IIRI,.,TIE. \Vhen the death
of th" late William )[ellis Christie took pIa"I'
on the 14th of .June. !f100. a promiul'nt figure in
the Tomnto l'onunercial èUlll mannfal'Ìuring
worlù was 10'it to \"iew. hut his memory will lin-
ger for many years among- number
of his fel-
low eitizPIN. whose admiration and l'1':-.pect he
had gained in his Inng'. honorablp and Slw!,pssful
busines.'I career. He" as born at lIuntly. Scot-
land. Jan. :J, IH
!'. and after rel'ei\'ing a good
pdlwation and apprentif'eship in that l'ountry
emne to Cauada in lR-I:I'>. Ile eugaged in the bak-
in!! trade for some ,\"ear'l. and finally settled in
Toronto. where. in 1h4!1. Ill' entered the emplo
'-
ment of :\[PSS1'S. )Iatlwrs & Brown. Bis(
uit )[anu-
faetureF.
. a,-; assistant and tran.lling salesman.
In 18."}O )[1'. )[athers rl'fired and )[1'. Christie
bel'anw a pm'tner. \\ ith )[1'. Al('\":ander Browu. In
1
:):
)[1'. Brown rptirpd. but in 1861 rp-entered
the husinpss. when thp name Christil'. Bl'lJ\\ n &
Company wa,; adopted. )[1'. Brown retir!'d in
1878. )[1'. Christie continuing alone until .June l.
1899. \\ hen. the business having e\.pamled to s\H.h
au e\.tent. it was thoug-ht ne('ess1tQ and to the
best interests of the l'onl'ern. to form the same
into a limih'd company. This accordingly was
done. and tll(' busi1WSS wa"- incorporatpd as
"Christie. Bro\\ n & Compan
. Limitpd." on
.Jnne 1. lR!"l9. with )[1'. William )[ellis ('Jll'istie
as the fil
.,t prpsidt'nt. This company is the un-
doubtt'll leadpr of the biscuit mallufal.turing in-
dIL'itr.\' in the Dominion. its wares heiug thor-
onghly distrihnted thromrhout the eountr., from
coast to eoast. The I'fHll'ern \\ as built up to its
pre'sent proportions by the efforts of )[1'. Chris-
tie from a comparativel,\" 'Small be
inning. and it
has taken tIH' dp\"()tion flf a lifetime to dewlop.
On .June 14. 1
99. a fp" days aftp1' tlw forma-
tion of tIw emnpan,\". )[1'. Christie sailed for
Europe for a "ell-earllPd rest. and just one year
after\\ard he' pa>ösl'd away peacefull
" at hi" resi-
d!'nce. (
IIp('n's Park. Toronto. on the l-!th of
.June. 190(1. Prat"ti(.ally. his lifetime wa'i ('x(.lu-
si,'ely (1p\"oted to hi,.
own hll'linl'ss intl'l'l'sh. and
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C01\Il\IEl\IORA TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
that of the company, with the exception that for
several years he was a trustee of the Torunto Pni-
versity, and from the inception of the Toronto
Industrial EdlÏbition almost up to the time of
his deMh. worked hard and continuously to bring
it tu the position \\ hieh it now occupies. In poli=
tics he \\ as a Liberal. lIe was a member of the
Toronto and
ational Clubs, and of the St. An-
drew 's So('ict
. Thp favorite oceupation of his
leisurp \\ as the reading of high-class literature,
old bonks. amI studying the leading scientific, lit-
erary anù political reviews and periodil'ale;;. lIe
surrounded himself with a fille library of books
at hie;; residence in Toronto. where he also took
great pride in his extensive garden. which he
spared 110 expense to have cultivated to perfee-
tion.
On the 2jth of ::\Iareh, 18-, William l\Iellis
Christie was married to a Canadian lady, l\Iiss
)fary Jane )II')lullpn, and left four children:
Hohert ,JaJfray; Mary ,Jane. married to John J.
Palmer, of Toronto; Ann Elizabeth. married to
D. S. Barelay. of Toronto; and FllIlllY Laura,
married to T. .J. Clark, of Toronto.
)lrs. Christie \\ as born in the County of York
in Ib:H. daughter of James and Jane (Robert-
son) )fdfullm. the former born in Ireland, a
son of .James .;u..)Iullpll. who died in that ('OUll-
try James )kUullen marripd l\fi:-;s ,Tane Rob.
ertson, and after a residen'
e of several years in
Toronto removed to ",Yest York. there settling on
a farm. where 1\11'. :i\1(')[ullen remained durin
the rest of his a(.tive life. Ill' passed his latter
da
's in Toronto. \\ hen> both he and :\lrs. 1\If'
[ul-
len died.
On the death of )11'. Christie, his son, Robert
,Jaffra
' Christie. succeeded to the prcsidem.y of
thp firm of Christie. Brown & Company. Lim-
itp,l. and under his effieient management the busi-
ness is su'.
taining the high reputation aequired
under the direction of his father.
Robert .Jaffray Chri
tie was born in Toronto
April f). uno, and on Feb. 20. 1895, married Mise;;
Emma fJ. Lee. (hmghter of J. R. Lee, whose
sketc'h appears ehewhere. To l\Ir. and ::\lrs.
Christie have heen born the following named
ehildrpn: \Yilliam L., TTuntly T., and Katharine.
The latp )11'. Christie will long be remembered
as a puhlif' spir'ited Torontonian, as well a's a
generous and ('haritable citizen.
JEREl\TL\H CARTY (deceaspd). 11any of
the older Imsines,> men of Toronto will reean
plpasant mpmorips of their hnsinpss rei.. tions
with thp latf' .Tpremillh ('arty, who from 1
4)
nntil his dpath. in lSfìS. was onp of the promin-
ent mf>n of 1hp Qne(\n Cit
.. hoth in ('ommerf'ial
and munir'ipal lifl' IIi" hirth o('('1U'l'eÒ in 18?O
is Dunmanway. Connt
. Cork. Ireland. He wa<;
a sun of John Cal.ty, who died in Ireland. .John
Cartr's \\idow, \\ith IlPr two chilùì'en-Jer
rniah
and ';\lrs. Charles Eedy-came to Toronto in
1830, four :years before that place bel'ame a eity.
In the Queen City Jeremiah Carty grew to
nwnhood, and thpre he spent his f'ntire business
life. In IS4S he erected a plant at the corner of
George and Qnepn streets, for the manufactm'c
of soap and candles, and was {)n
of the pioneers
in that line in Toronto. In this business he was
Yery successful. III' was one of the founders of
the W"sÌl'rn Canada Loan & Saving'S Company,
and was yicc-president of that organization
until his death. lIe served on the council of the
city {)f Toronto as alderman. In poìitics he was
a Conservati\'e. and in fraternal matters a mem-
her of the LO.O.F, Tn religion he was a 1\Ietho-
dist, attending the Richmond street church for
many years, and being a member of the boa
'd
of t rnstee
.
.Jfr'. Carty was marripd in Toronto to Miss Mary
Rohinson, dallghter of Samuel Robinson, of
County Cavan. Ireland. Mrs. Carty dipd in
1876. leaying two dau!!'hters.
DR. GEORGE \VILLL\M IL\JJE, for aJ.;my
'ears one of the ìl'ading dl'nhlI praptitioners of
Toronto amI St. Catharines, Ont., passed away
in the former city ,Tan. 19, 1899. He was ,'ne
of thl' first dentists of '1'm'onto, there being but
r'np other dentist in the city when he began prac.
ticI'. This gentleman soon afterward died, leav-
ing Dr. Uale in full possession of the field.
George \Yilliam Hale was born in London,
England. in 18:?:3, son of William and l\Iary Ann
Hale, who came to Toronto in 1836, Mrs. llale
pa.ssing away in this pity, while her husband
went to Alhan
'.
ew York, where his last òays
\', ere spent. Dr. Halp came with his parents to
Canada. and, as above ,mpntioned, hecame the
second dentist in the cit
T. He pontinu('d his pm-
fession in Toronto and Sf. Catharines for many
'ears. and was well and wid('ly known as :m
efficient praetitioner of dental surgery and as a
citizen of honor and integrity.
Dr. Hale marripd Miss IJouise E. \Villiams,
\d1O \HIS horn in IJonòon, Enqlanò, in 18
6,
daughtpr of Henry and Elizaheth 'Villiams. who
came to 'l'oronto in lR
7, where Mr. Williams
follo\\'ed ("abinet-makin
in his younger days,
sp('nding the last twenty year" of his life in re-
tirement. :!\fl's. Hale survived the Doctor until
l'pt. 2
, l!)Ol. when she too passed away. To
them wpre horn: }IHl'
' Ann. dp(>('ased; Louise,
\\ ho di"d ag('d twenty-one y.ears; A!!TIes, who
al"o died at that age; Annie. the wifp of Wil-
10ughby Cowpin, of Dundas; William, deceased;
Hannah. wh() died young; Charles, deceae;;ed;
CO)HIK\IORATIYE BIOGRAPHIC
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49
1\1iss Carol and )liss Harriet. of Toronto; and
1\Iay. deceased.
Dr. and lIlrs. Hale were members of the
Ieth-
odist Chnreh. In political opinion he was inde-
pendent.
ROBERT SPOOR BROWK, ex-vice-president
of the firm of Brown Brothers, Limited, now liy-
ing retired at No. 41
Euclid avenue, Toronto,
is a member of a family which has long been
identified \\ ith the Queen City. 1\11'. Brown 'was
Lorn at Xewcastle-upon-Tyne, England, June 8,
1830, son of Thomas and Ann (Spoor) Brown.
In the Royal Grammar School of Newcastle
1\11'. Brown received his education, and at the age
of thirt.een :rears he entered the employ of the
Newcastle & North Shiplds Railway Company,
with which he remained until coming to Canada,
in the year 18-16. The following'
'ear he spent
;n the employ of Thomas Bilton, a tailor 01 To-
I-onto. and his next position \\<as with Thomas
MacLear, a stationer and bookbinder. In 1856
he went to Hamilton and engaged in the book
and stationery business until 1559, when he re-
turned to Toronto and became identified with
1he well-known firm of Brown Brothers. With
this house he was actively engaged until 1901,
being vice-president of the company for the l
st
ten years of that long period, at the end of
which he retired from active work, although he
st]ll continues as a member of the company.
On Oct. 1, 1856, Mr. Brown was united in mar-
l iage with 1\Iiss )lary Porter, who was born at
"-eston, in the County of YQrk. Oct. 29, 18a7,
daughter of John D. and Louise (Lon
staín
Porter. To this union were born the following
named children: Annie L. is the wife of .John
,Yo Tonkin, of Toronto Junction: Fred '\T. is a
1 esident of Weston; Emily VictOlia is the wife
of W. H. Rowntree. of Emery: -:\lary E. is un-
married; )1. l\largaret is )(rs. Joseph Xason, of
Weston; Harriet I. is the ,,'ife of William E.
F.llerby. of Winnipeg; Laura E. is marrielt to
James D. Conklin, of Toronto; and Alfred E.,
of Toronto, married 1\Iiss Florence Moss, of To-
ronto Junction. )11'. Brown and his family are
members of the Methodist Churf.h. In political
opinion he is a Reformer.
THOMAS .\IORGAN HARRIS closel1 his
brief but luminous earthly career twelve ypal'S
ago, but its pervasive influence Ìlas not lesseupd
to this day. His work goes on. and his memory
is a blessing to all who ever enjoyed association
with him.
Mr. Harris was born in 1R62 in Be
mc;\'ille,
Ont., and was the youngest son of Alanson Har-
ris, whose family consisted of three children,
thp othprs being Re\'. Dr. Elmore Harris, of To-
4
ronto. and
Irs. Popplewell. Thomas 1\1. Har-
ris was a boy when his parents removed to
Brantford, and there he received his educati:m
in the puhlic and collegiate schools. 'i'hough
never really robust, he had a rigorous mental
and moral makeup, which more than counter-
halanceò any lack of physical strength, and lús
ambition early asserted itself. He was always
a deep student and an idealist in the lines into
which his inclinations led him, but he was no
iJle dreamer and had no taste for the pleasant
paths of leisure which he might have chosen.
His school days over, he soon took an active
n-
terest in the important manufacturing firm of
\\ hich his father was the head, Harris, Son &
Co., since reorganized as the Massey-Harris
Company, of Toronto and Brantford, extensive
manufacturers of agricultural implements, one
of the leading firms in the Province of Ontal'Ío.
Having demonstrated his ability he was given
responsibilities whirh he assumed in the earnest
manner chara.cteristic of anything 'he undertook,
and in the faithful discharge of his duties de-
veloped an efficiency which promised well for a
husiness career. From the organization of the
Slin
sby 1\hmllfacturing Company. of Br'ant-
ford, about a year before his death, Mr. Harris
was a member of its board of directors, l'Ind
influential in the councils of that body. His
business faculties, however, were less t.he result
of commercial instinct than of devotion to duty,
and the application of the means at hand to the
work in view. It was this practical side of his
l;ature which made him particularly valuable in
the work to which his tastes drew him. and to
which he intended to devote all his time haò he
heen spared. In fact. although he had made a
substantial place for himself in business circles,
he was best known as a Clu'istian philanthro-
pist.
The Baptist denomination, anù especially the
First Baptist Church of Brantferd, lost one of
its best friends when 1\11'. Harrie;; died. Fol' thir-
teen years he had been a member of the First
[,hurch, and prominent in its work, having
sen'ed as clerk. deacon, Bible class teacher and
Runday-school superintendent. TIe was al:'lo at
the time of his death a trustee of the 'Walmet'
Road Church, of Toronto. He likE.)d church
work, especially as it afforded an outlet for his
humanitarian and benevolent instinctc;. His
home church and its allied interests ever re-
ceived the benefit of his best efforts. But he was
too thoroughly devoted to the upliftin
of hu-
manity in general to confine his work to the op-
portunities afforded even by that enterprising
organization, Bnò every movement in the (.ity
which had a philanthropic object was sure of
his financial and moral support. He found a
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
wide field of useflùness in the Young Men's
Christian Association, to which he gave liberally
of both time and means. He held various offices
in the Association, for several years serving as
a member of the Brantford branch board of di-
rectors, and being a director and vice-president
of the General Convention of the Associations.
In all its activities he was a leading spirit
throughout the period of his connection with the
organization, his influence in which was un-
doubtedly due as much to his personality as to
his zeal. As a ;young man he understood those
whom the Association most desires to benefit,
ani!, though he was a thoughtful man, had a
genial disposition. which won the ready sympa-
thy as well as the respect of the young men with
whom the work brought him into contact. The
young people of his church felt his usefulnrss in
the Bllptist Young People's Union, of which he
serverl as president; he was vice-president of the
Provincial Association. The Neglected Chil-
dren's Society. the Orphans' Home and the
'Widows' Home were all objects of his continual
solicitude.
1\[1'. Harri"! gave two or three hours each day to
the sturly of the Bible, at first because of his in-
terest in the Scriptures, and later with the in-
tention of devoting himself entirely to evangelis-
tic work He did not mean to enter the minist.ry
formally, but he "rjshed to prepare himself for
effective and authoritative speaking at the m
et-
ings of a religious character to which he WIlS so
frequently caned. He wa."! deeply interestpd in
the establishment of the Toronto Bible Training
School and was chosen a member of its aenpral
Council, but he died before the formal opening
of the Home. His thoughtfulness in providing
continuous aid for its work is gratefully realized
to this day. [His brother, Rev. Elmore Harri"!,
was president of the school, and his father-in-
law, Rev. Dr. Stewart, resident instructor.]
About a year before his death he arranged for
Rnd organized a class for Bible study at Brant-
ford, and he was its recognized leader as long
as health permitted. During the last thre
or
four years of his life 1\11'. Harris had beO'un to
give aospel addresses in schoolhouses.
issi(\n
churches. and at other Lord's Day services, as
opportunity afforded and his health permittpd.
For all these he made diligent and prayerful
study and preparation. He also spoke (\n
ev-
eral occasions with much acceptance to very
large audiences at meetings of different asso-
ciation!! and conventions. "He cultivated his
gifts in the prayer meeting, the Young People's
Union, and the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion meetings, till he became quite effective a!3 a
speaker. Some who read this will remember his
earnest and spiritual addresses at lar
e gather-
ings in Hamilton, Brantford and Woodstock.
He had made a beginning of evangelistic work,
and . . . he had the deepest interest in the
revival of spiritual life among the chllrches at
home. " The writings he left, enom;h to till a
volume, show clearly the spiritual trend of his
nature and his zeal for the spread of the Go!'pel.
In company with some of his fdends he main-
tained an evangelist in Ontario and a missionary
in J ndia. The close of his short ìife was greatly
cheered by the assurance that some of his eff'Jl'ts
were bearing fruit in the awakening of several
with whom he had had daily a.<;sociation.
For two or three years before his death 1\11'.
Harris was afflicted \\ ith poor health, and though
he took several trips to the South, and made a
stay of some length in California, he was not
benefited. About two months before his death,
on the advice of his physician and intimate
friends, he went to New York City to place him-
self.in the care of an eminent specialist. and the
first effects of the change were most gratifying.
But the improvement was only temporary, :md
he passed away about midnight between the 30th
and 31st of August, 1894, surrounded by hie;; im-
mediate family, as well as his brother. Ilis wife,
who had been back and forth between Brantt'ord
and New York several times, spent the last few
days cont.inuously by his side, and 'his brother
also was unremitting in his attendance. 'l'he
Rev. Dr. J. L. Campbell, pastor of the Lexmg-
ton Avenue Baptist Church, of New York, with
whom 1\11'. Harris had formed a warm friend-
f;hip during his stay in the city,
proyed himself a friend indeed dur-
ing those last sad honrs. which were
nevertheless lightened by 1\[1'. Harris's fortitude
and cheerful faith. Though aware that the
Ild
was approaching he was calm and without fear,
and his last words were: "All things work to-
gether-" but he had not the strength to nnish
the sentence. His only regrets were for the sor-
row his tRking a.way would bring to his ne:u'cst
and dearest. lIe was only thirt.y-two, yet he hnd
accomplished more than many a man grown old
in good works.
The deepest sympathy for his family was
everywhere manifest in Brantford upon the re-
cpipt of the sad news. The flags at the 1\Ias s ey-
Harris works and on the Y.1\LC.A. Building were
placed at half mast. The funeral services. held
at the First Baptist Church. were so largely at-
tended that the capacity was well taxed to the
utmost, in the assemhlag-e being many of the
oldest and most prominent citizens of Brant-
forù, and representatives from every Christian
denomination in the pit:\'. One and all, they
were there to show respect to the memory of one
of Brantford's most popular young men. The
COl\Il\IEl\lORA TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
51
pall-bearers were Rev. Elmore Harris, Rev. \V.
G. Wallace, :Messrs. Lloyd Harris, Joseph Shut-
tleworth, Alfred Morgan and C. Cook, all rela-
tives of :\11'. Harris, and the numerous floral t0k-
ens were borne by the members of his ßible
Stud)' Class. At the house prayer was offen.d
by Rev. T. B. Moore, of Toronto. 'fhe service<>
were conducted by Rev. Mr. Johnson, pastor of
the First Baptist Chureh, who presided and
made an address; Rev. David Hutchinson, of
the Park Baptist Church, Brantford, who led
in prayer; Rev. 'V. H. Porter, of Brantford, who
made a touching address; and Rev. R. J. Eo-
ville, of Hamilton, who made the closing prayer'.
The remains were then taken to Greenwood Cem-
etery for intel'ment, Rev. D. )1. l\Iihell, of T.Jon-
don, leading the prayer at the grave.
Among the many letters of condolence and
resolutions of sympathy received by the family
from various sources, were expressions from
Rev. J. L. Campbell, D.D., of New York City;
the Sunday-school of the First Baptist Church
of Brantford; the Baptist Young People's Union
of that church; the Class for Bible Study; the
Brantford Y.M.C.A.; the Walmer Road Church,
Toronto; the Toronto Bible Training Rchool ; the
Slingsby Manufacturing Company, Brantford;
the Brant County W.C.T.U.; tllC Y.W.C..\., of
Brantford; the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Y.:\I.C.
A.; the :\Ianagers of the Widows' Home. Brant-
ford; th!' 'Yom en 's Foreign l\Iissionary Society,
of Brarltford.
:\11'. Harris married :;\Iiss Annie Stewart, sec-
ond daughter of Rev. Dr. Stewart, of Toronto,
and two sons were born to them, both of Wh,)1Jl
survive, makin!! their home" ith their mothel' in
Toronto.
JOHX O. 'YOOD, for many years a weU-
known business man of the (
ueen City. died in
Toronto Au!!. 8, ]896. He was horn in Frederic-
ton, x'B., Kov. 9, lS.u, son of thp late Rev.
Enorh 'Y ood. D.D.. a prominrnt )Ietho(li<;t di-
vine of Canada, and Caroline 1\1. UIerrett)
'Vood, of S1. John, Xew Brunswick.
Re,-. Enoch "T ood was born in Linrolnshire,
England. ,r an. 1
, 1804. He came to N.>w
Brunswick. and was for some time pa.<;tor of the
Centenary )Iethodist Church of St. John, X.B.,
after leaving which he became superintendent of
Methodist l\Iissions, \\ ith his office on Riehmond
strl'et, Toronto. In this capacity Dr. 'Yooel C011-
tinued until his dpath, in January, lS8
. On
settlin
in Toronto he huHt an attractive home
on the hill opposite :'oIal' Kenzie avenue. Daven-
port road. where his widow eontinued to reside
until I1f'r drath. in September, 18RS. Their
children" ere: :Mary B., Eliza. C:lrolinl'. Rohert
A., Sarah, A\my, :i\Iartha, John 0., 'Vilrnot A.,
J ames Burns and Enoch B.
John O. Wood received his education in To-
ronto, where with his brother, Robert A., he
embarked in the drug business on Y onge street,
under the firm name of R. A. \Y ood & Bro. In
this business
Ir. Wood continued until the end
of his active life, being not only one of Toronto's
prominent business men, but a highly estcemerl
citizen as well.
On June 15, 1863, :\11'. Wood married
Iiss
)Iary .Anna Filer Stroud, adopted daughter of
the latf' Stephen and
arah
\\ïlson) Stroud.
Her own father, Thoma<; Filer, died when she
"as but a rhild. Her mother "as Jane Hill,
daughter of William and Abigail t}'Iontgomery)
HilI, earl)' settlers of Eglinton, York County.
:::itephen Stroud was for many
'ears a hotel-
keeper near the market, conducting a hostelry
from 1M8 until his death, in 188ï. He was wry
'\ elllmo\\ n in Toronto. and W:lS highly respected
for his many e
cellent traits of character. His
wife died in ,!'oronto in June, 1861.
h. and
),(rs. Stroud had no children of their own, and
Mrs. Wood was given a very happy home, re-
ceiving aU the advantages that could have heen
given her by her own parents had they Ii \"ell.
To :\[1'. and :\h's. \Y ood were horn three sons:
.Tohn Stroud, in business in Tor.mto; and Enoch
Irving and
\rthur Ogden, also in business. In
Xovember, 190:?, )lrs. "Wood sold the farm
house and purf'hased her present residence, at
Xo. 3-l:J Dovercourt road. where she has since
made her home. :\11'. 'Yood was a member of the
Iethodist Church, and in politics was a Reform-
er. His fraternal connections \\ere \\ ith the A.
o.n.w. at Toronto.
DR. ,nLLLU[ AFGrSTFS lL\LDW1N,
who departed this life at his home in Deer Parl{,
Toronto. July, 1894. was born in the Queen City
in December, 1840. third son of the late William
Augustus Baldwin of l\Iashquoteh and Isabella.
E. (Buchanan) Baldwin.
In 1883 Dr. \Yilliam Augustus Bald\\ in was
unitf'd in marriage with )[jss Ella 'Yinnifrpd
Poston, only daughter of Charles Poston, of Que-
hee. To this union were born two sons: Charlf's
'''iIliam Augustus, a lieutenant of the British
royal navy; and St. George P., a medical stud-
ent of Toronto Fniversity.
Dr. 'Yilliam Augustus Baldwin wa.<; educHted
at the rpper Canada CoUege. and read medil'Ìne
in Toronto Rehool of 1Iedicine from
whirn hf' was graduated m 186ft
HI' engageå in thl' practice of his pro-
fession for some time in his nati\"(' rountv
and then lorated in Prince
\lbi'rt, from whieil
phH'e hI' went to 'Yinnipe!!. III' then went tl\
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Norquay, Man. In 1t\91 Dr. Baldwin retul"l1ed
to his native city, and died there in 1894. In
politics the Doctor was a Conservative, and while
in the :t\orth-'Vest was for some time president
of the Liberal Conservative Club. III' was a, con-
8Îstent member of the Church of England. Fra-
ternaU:r he associated with the I.O.O.F.
THOl\L\S WALl\ISLEY, of the finn of Scott
& 'Valmsley, underwriters. at No. 32 Church
street, Toronto, is a member of one of the early
set tied families of the County of York.
The 'Yalmsle:rs are of English extraction, and
for more than three centuries members of the
family have resided in Lancashire, Englacd.
The first of the family of whom any de'înitc
data is at hand was James Walmsley, the grand-
father of our subject, whose son, John, the father
of Thomas, was the founder of the family in
Canada.
John "Walmsley was born in Lancashire, Eng-
land, in 1799, and when quite a young man came
to Canada, settling at Niagara-on-the-Lake.
where he resided for a short time. He then came
to the township of York and settled on Y onge
treet. in what was then known as Drummond-
villI', now as Deer Park. lIere lw pnrchaséd a
large tract of land and engaged in the manufac-
ture of earthenware and in farming on an ex-
tensive scale; and to these interests he gave his
attention to the end of 'his husiness career. He
died in Septembel', 1846. He was twice married,
and by his seeond maniage a son and a daughter
were horn: Thomas; and Elizabeth, now the wife
of 1\11'. "William Kirvan.
Thomas" almsley was born on the site of his
present home, "'V almsley Villa," Deer Park,
n
184:3, and he reeeived his education in Toronto.
Ile early determined to make himself thoroughly
aequainted with the insurance business. and
went to the office of Alfred DeGrassi, who was
then a well-known ius11l'ance man. He remniI1'
d
with Mr. DeGrassi a short time, continuing with
Hugh Scott, into whose hands ::\[1'. DeGrassi's
business had passed, and in 1866 the fir.m e.f
Scott & Walmsley was formed. which has con-
tinued to the prcsent timC'. Th(' business was
founded in 1858 by 1\11'. Scott, being' known as
Hugh Seott & Co., then Seott & DeGrassi, and
in 1866. Scott & Walmsley, th(' present firm.
'rom this will be seen that :\[r. 'Yalmsley is one
of the oldest underwriters doing bnsin.>ss in
Toronto.
The wife of Mr. Walmsley is a danghter of
the late Thomas Taylor. of Toronto. l\Ir. 'V alms-
le
v's homc, "Walmsley Villa." is on part of the
homestead settled by his father in 1822; nnd
he has presen"ed the old honse nntil this time.
and a po,:tion of thp farm is stil] in thc po<;scs.
sion of the family. The Walmsleys are Uon-
servati\'es in politics, and were staunch United
Empire Loyalists.
During the Rebellion of 1837-8 in the absence
of 1\11'. John 'VaLmsley, his home was searched
for firearms, and practically raided, his lllen
heing taken prisoners.
At the time of the Fenian Raid. in the sum-
mer of 1866, when the call came f
r volunteers,
::\11'. Walmsley, heing a member of the Governor-
General's Body Guard, went to the front with
his regiment under Colonel Geol'
e '1'. Denison,
for which he has since received a Veteran's
}Iedal.
1\11'. Walmsle.r is vice-president of the Queen
City Fire Insurance Company; vice-president
of thc Hand-in-lland Insurance Company; man-
ager and treasurer {)f the
:Ii1lers' & Manufac-
turers' Insurance Company; and manager and
director of the Fire Insurance Exchange Cor-
poration. All of these companies were foumled
by the present firm of Scott & 'Yalmsley, and
they owe their success in no small measure to
the wise management exhibited by Mr. Walmsley
nnd his partner, :.\[1'. Scott. Mr. 'Yalmsley is
also interested in some large industrial and
financial companies, being a director of the
Crow's Nest Pass Coal COl11pan
' and subsidiary
companies: a director of the Imperial Trusts
Company; vice-president of the Canada Paint
Company, etc.
JA::\IES FLETC'HER, in his lifetime one of
the prominent members of the Ontario Bar, was
born at Bl'ampton, Ont., in 1849, son of Robert
'letcher. who came from Ireland at an early
date, and foumled the family in Canada, set-
tlin
in Brampton.
,James Fletcher was educated in his native
town, and after completing his literary studies,
('fitered upon the study of law, and was eallpd
to the Bar in 1870. Immediately thereafter he
('I1Ìerecl upon the practice of his profession in
Brampton. In 1897 he opened an office in 'Yiar-
ton. where he continued to practise successfully
nntil his death in 1900.
In 187;) Mr. Fleteher was married to
\'Iiss Re-
becca Ida Good. daughter of the late James and
Eleanor (Bull) Good. ,Tames Good was born
in Dublin. Ireland. in 1814. and in 1831 eame
to Canada, settling' in Toronto, when' he SOon en-
t!aged in the foundry business at the corner of
Queen and Y onge street.,. Here hI' continued in
husin!'ss nntil his death in 1882. :\fr. Good buiit
the first locomotives eVl'r made in Canada, !1nd
among his first made may be mentioned the
"Toronto" èmd the "IÆdy El
in"" In addition
to locomotiv(' huilding he carried on a g'f'neral
foundry husiness, aurl at his dpath was thp old-
\
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53
est foundryman in Toronto. He was a mem-
ber of the Masonic fraternity. In religious
views he was a l\Iethodist, and he was a consist-
ent church attendant and liberal supporter of
that creed. In politics he was a Reformer, and
was at one time a member of the council of Tor-
onto, and one of the Queen City's most prom-
inent business men. In 1840 ::\Ir. Good married
Miss Eleanor Bull, born in the County of York
in 1820, who died in Toronto in 1894, leaving
these children: Mrs. Alexander McDonald, of
Toronto; and Mrs. James Fletcher.
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher had these children:
(1) Clarence is at Yokohama, Japan, where he
went in 1903 to establish an office for the Sun
Insurance Company. The fact that the Com-
pany felt that it could intrust its business in-
terests in the hands of so young a man, is the
highest commendation he could receive. (2)
Alfred Good, equally trustworthy, is connected
very prominently with the Metropolitan Bank
of Toronto. James Fletcher was a member of
the Church of England, and in political prin-
ciple was a Conservative. His fraternal connec-
tions were with the :\Iasons.
THEODORE AUGUST HEIXTZ:\IAN. Prob-
ably no name is a more universal household
word in Canada than that of Heintzman. This
is due to the fact that the Heintzman piano is to
be found in most of the l
ading homes in the
Dominion. It is also to the credit of Ontario
that among her leading business industries is
that of Heintzman & Co., Ltd., whose extensive
factory is located at Toronto Junction, with
warehouse at No. 115 King street west. This ex-
tensive business was founded by the late T. A.
Heintzman, whose name appears at the opening
of this memoir, and who for many years was
one of Canada's leading captains of industry.
Mr. Heintzman was of German extraction, and
the founder of this family in Canada. In 1831
in his native land :\Ir. Heintzman began to learn
the piano business. In 1848 :Mr. Heintzman
made the patterns for the first locomotive built
in Berlin, Germany, thus showing himself to be
of a mechanical turn of mind, having followed
the machinist business from 1842 to 1848, when
with his father-in-law. Julius Grunow, he en-
gag-I'd in the manufacture of optical g'oods until
1850, whcn he emigrated to America. settling
in Xew York. The hig-h esteem in which the
late :\fr. T. A. Heintzman was held by his many
employees is clearly shown in the following
article, whiC'h appeared in a local paper in con-
nection with the celebration of :Mr. Heintzman's
eightieth birthday:
"Theodore August Heintzman, founder of the
well-known firm of Heintzman & Co., Ltd., piano
manufacturers, "as born in Berlin, Prussia,
:May 19th, 1817, and his eightieth birthday was
fittingly celebrated at 'The Birches,' his beau-
tiful home here, May 19th, 1897. The celebra-
tion was of a threefold character, the celebrants
being the employees of the firm, the Lieder-
kranz Club and the German Lutheran Church.
"It "as the men from the factory who paid
their respects first. About 4 0 'clock they march-
ed up to 'The Birches' in holiday attire, headed
by their band, and pitched their tents on the
lawn. For an hour or so the band played, and
then the heads of the various departments in
the Junction factory, together with William
Ray, cashier; W. H. May, accountant; and L. A.
Conrad, general agent, of the Toronto offices, as-
cended the steps of the western verandah and
there awaited the appearance of Mr. Heintz-
man, who was greeted with loud and prolonged
applause by the men assembled on the lawn.
:Mr. Ray then stepped forward, and, addressing
Mr. Heintzman, told him that it was with great
pleasure that his employees gathered around him
on this eightieth anniversary of his natal day.
It seemed peculiarly fitting that they should do
so at this time, when there was so much friction
between capital and labor, because in this case
there was nothing but mutual respect and esteem
between employer and employees. The speaker
did not like to use a stereotyped phrase, but he
could not better express the sentiments of all
the men than by saying, 'From the bottom of our
hearts we wish you many happy returns of the
day,' and the lou
applause" hich followed evi-
denced that the words were full of meaning.
He then asked Mr. Heintzman to accept from
the men a beautiful solid silver lyre, set on a
shield of carved walnut, in the center of which
was a wreath of solid gold, designed to hold a
portrait of Mr. Heintzman. On the lyre was
engraved the following: 'Presented to Theodore
A. Heintzman by his employees on the occasion
of his eightieth birthday. It is with great
pleasure that we, your employees, meet under
your roof to tender our congratulations and pre-
sent to you this tribute of our appreciation of
your sterling qualities as an employer. We pray
that Almighty nod may still add to your length
of ,years.'
"After reading the above inscription Mr. Ray
uncovered another handsome gift-an Edison
phonograph-with a large and assorted case of
tubes. This he also presented on behalf of the
men. In conclusion. he proposed that as Bis-
marck is the grand old man of Germany and
Gladstone the g-rand old man of England, in
future :\Ir. T. A. Heintzman would be the grand
flld man of Heintzman & Co., Ltd.
"l\Ir. Heintzman, to whom the gifts of his em-
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COM1\IEl\IORA TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
ployees came as a complete surprise, said that
he had not been born to make a speech, though
he may have been born to make a piano, but he
found words in which to fittingly express his
thanks for the kindness of the men. He had
looked forward to having his men around him
for a few hours on his eightieth birthday, but he
had expected to receive no such gifts as those
gifts, which he would always prize above every-
thing in the world.
"In the evening the grounds were beautifully
illuminated and friends came out from the city
in great numbers to pay their respects to the
popular octogenarian. 1\11'. J. G. Strohmeyer,
president of the Liederkranz Club, presented, on
behalf of that organization, an address artistical-
ly illuminated by Mr. A. H. Howard, bound in
the German national colors. There was also an
address from the lierman Lutheran Church,
read by the pastor, Rev. O. W. Muller. The
proceedings were enlive
ed with the music of
the band, the Toronto Banjo Club, the Lieder-
kranz Club and 1\11'. W. E. Ramsay. The festiv-
ities were continued until a late hour."
Mr. Heintzman was the architect of his own
fortunes. He was one of those men who accom-
plish much by indomitable energy and persever-
ance. At the age of fourteen he learned the
pianomaking trade in his native country, and in
1850 emigrated to America with his wife and
Y-Oung family. After working a year or two with
Luetche & Newton in New York, he went to Buf-
falo, where he worked for a short time for a
pianomaker named Keough. In 1852 he went
into business in Buffalo as a member of the firm
of Drew, Heintzman & Anowsky. In 1860 he
severed his connection with this firm and came
to Toronto, where the reputation of his pianos
had preceded him. Here he beg-an business in
a small way, his little factory being located in
York street.
ubsequently he moved to Duke
street. In 1866 he took as a partner a 1\11'. Ben-
der, the firm name being then, as now, Heintz-
man & Co., Ltd. The firm at once moved to
more pretentious quarters in King street. In
1868 they built the factory and warerooms ad-
joining the" Rossin House
" In 1875 Mr. Ben-
der retired from the firm and the business con-
tinued to grow, finally assuming such propor-
tions that the King street premises were inade-
quate, and in 1888 the large factory was built in
the Junction, where the manufacturing- opera-
tions have been carried on, the King street
establishment oeing used as warerooms and of-
fices for the distribution of the output. At pres-
ent the firm employs about 375 men, including
factory employees, office hands, and travellers.
!\fl'. Heintzman's three sons, Herman. William
F. and Georg-e C., are aJl associated with the
business, and ChariesT., whose death occurred
in 1897, was also connected with the concern.
They all have beautiful homes in the Junction.
Mr. Heintzman also had three daughters: Anna
L.,
lrs. Charles Bender, of Toronto; Elizabeth,
Mrs. Charles Swenker, of St. Catharines, Ont.;
and :\Iinnie 1\1., :\lrs. Archibald Loughry, of Lon-
don, Ontario. l\lrs. T. A. Heintzman was Ma-
tilda Louisa Grunow, born in 1820, died in 1889,
daughter of Jü]ius and Louisa Grunow, the for-
mer of whom died in Connecticut and the lat-
ter in Toronto.
.!\Ir. T. A. Heintzman was a truly self-made
man, naturally adapted to his vocation, which,
coupled with energy and business ability, en-
abled him to become one of the greatest busi-
ness men and most successful managers of em-
ployees to be found in the Dominion of Canada.
It may be truly said of 1\11'. Heintzman that both
the business and the musical world are the better
for his long and useful life.
HEK\1AN HEINTZ11AN, vice-president of
Heintzman & Co., Ltd., was born at Buffalo,
Xew York, :\larch 23, 1852, son of the late Theo-
dore August Heintzman, whose sketch precedes.
Herman Heintzman came with his father to
Toronto in 1860, and received his literary train-
ing in private schools of the city, after which he
learned the cigar business, which he followed
until 1874, when he became bookkeeper for his
father, having full charge of the financial part
of the constantly increasing business. In 1903,
when the business was incorporated, Herman
Heintzman was made vice-president of Heintz-
man & Co., Ltd., which position he has since ably
filled. N"otwithstanding the fact that Mr.
Heintzman's duties as vice-president of the com-
pany are arduous he finds time to devote to
municipal matters. He served as councilman at
Toronto Junction for several years, in which he
exercised the same energy exerted in connection
with Heintzman & Co., Ltd.
On Aug. 24, 1880, ::\11'. Heintzman and Miss
Lucy A. Spink were united in marriage. Mrs.
Heintzman was born at Goole, Yorkshire, Eng-
land, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Fletcher)
Spink, who came to Toronto about 1853, where
lVIr. Spink followed contracting and building for
many years, and where he died in 1903, at the
age of eighty-one years. His widow still resides
in the city, the mother of the following family:
Jennie S., Mrs. William Arthurs, of Toronto;
Thomas, of Vancouver; Sally, who died in 1904,
wife of James R. Barnhardt; Alice, wife of
Clarence Nichols, Reading, Massachusetts; John,
of Toronto; Althea, ::\11'8. Joseph \Vright, of
Toronto; ::\lrs. Heintzman: Frank, of Melita,
Man.; .Jessie, Urs. S. Carpenter, of St. Thomas,
Ontario.
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To Mr. and .!\Irs. Herman Heintzman were
born the following children: Gertrude L. ;
Charles T.; T. Herman; Mildred E.; and Mar-
garet E. Mr. Heintzman is a member of the
German Lutheran Church, but with his wife
and family attends the English Church. }"ra-
tern ally he is a member of the A.F. & A.l\I. So-
cially he is a member of the :Kational Club. the
Lamhton Golf and Country Club, the Caledon
Iountain Trout Club and the Liederkran7. So-
ciety. In politics he casts his ballot with the
Conservative party.
REY. THO:\L\S WILSON PATERSON M.A.,
rector of Christ Church, Deer Park, Ont.,
is widely known for the great and good work
he has accomplished as a minister of the Gos-
pel, and 1s a member of one of County York's
üld and honored pioneer familif's.
The Paterson family is of Scotch e"{traction,
as ma) be seen by the spelling' of the name.
The family was founded in Canada by Peter
Paterson. grandfather of our subject, who was
born in RC'otland, and who came, in 1819, with
his sons, David. John and Peter, to Canada.
He lôC'at.ed in Toronto when that city was known
as Little York, and there he engaged in a hard-
ware business on King street east. He died in
Toronto in 1846. He married Jean Fraser, by
"" horn he had the following children: .J ohn ;
David, \...ho ('arried on the business founded by
his father; Peter, the father of our subject;
Sarah. who married (first) a Mait]and and (sec-
ond) a Lailey.
Peter Paterson. the father of our subjef't. was
born in Blantyre, Scotland, Sept. 13, 1807, and
"afi but a lad of elpven years when brought to
Canada by his father. IIe grew to manhood in
Toronto, and hecame one of the leading merch-
ants of that city, his busines.c; being situated on
the pre.<;ent site of the "King Edward Hotel."
Rome time prior to his death. which occurred in
18ö3, Mr. Paterson retired from thp mercantile
business anò settled near Toronto, on the Kings-
ton Road, and there built a home, "Blaut.\Te,"
named after his home in Scotland. The place
is now occupied by the R. C. Industria] School,
which is known as the "B]antyre School." Aiier
removing to his rural home, 1\11'. Paterson, for
some time prior to his death. spent his wimers
in the city of 'roronto, and his summers in the
country. It was at his winter home in Toronto
that he died. in the year above mentioned. Mr.
Paterson marrier] Hannah "Tilson. danghter of
Charles 'Wilfion of Ewithington, County Here-
ford, born in England, June 1
. 181!), and she
died in Toronto in 1892. To Peter and Hmmah
Paterson were born, in addition to three who
eliI'd
'Olmg. the fonowing childrl'n: Rev. Chal'lf's
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William, B.C.L., deceased, married Mary Ben-
son, daughter of Senator Benson, of St. Cath.
arines, by ,,"hom he had six ehÜdren, Annie,
:Edith Hamilton, Lillian, Amy, Susie and Charles
}"rederick "Wilson; James Frederick, deceased,
was a bank manager, and married Isabella :I!'lor-
ence :\IcCarthy, daughter of D'Alton :McCarthy,
of Barrie, and to this union were born, Percival
(of Sarnia), Norman (of Toronto), Florence (of
Toronto, married William l\IilJichamp) , :md:
Emi1y (of Toronto, married George E. Gooder-
ham); Elizabeth, of Toronto, married Neil
Hoger, and has children, Maude McKenzie,
Edith, Percy and Nei1 (deceased) j Rev. Thom'ls
Wilson; Mary Louise is a missionary in Cali-
fornia; Emi1y is the wife of Fred Winstanley,
of Los Ange]es, California; and John Henry,
oÎ the Toronto Hardware Manufacturing Com-
pany, married Florence, daughter of William
Ince.
The Rev. Thomas Wilson Paterson was born
in Toronto in 1847. He received his education
at the Upper Canada College, and Trinity Fni-
n>rsity, graduating! from the latter in 1869 with
the degree of B._\. In 1875 he received his M.
\., from the same institution. He studied the-
ology in Trinity University and began his work
as a clergyman in 1871. After spending a
short time in Manvers, Hastings and Bradford,
and a year in England, Mr. Paterson -;ctUed
in 1877 in Deer Park, as rector of Christ Church,
in which position he has remained since that
time.
In 1891 the Rev. Mr. Paterson and l\Iiss Chris-
tiana )Iary Porter, daughter of \Villiam Porter,
of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, were united in
marriage, and to this union were born four ehÏl-
dren, two of whom. both sons, died young. The
daughters still survive, namely: Christine Mar-
jorie and Annie Beatrice.
ARTHUR GODFREY MOLSON SPRAGGE,
who met his death by drowning in the Columbia
river, in June, 1898, was a well-known barrister
of Canada. He was born in Quebec in 1848, son
of William and :\Iartha (Molson) Spragge.
The Spragge family was founded in Canada
by three brothers, William, .Joseph and Chan-
cf'11or John Rpragg-e. who came to this country
at an ea.rly date. The last named became Chief
Justice Spragge, for many years the leading
jurist of the Dominion, and Dr. Spragge, of
Toronto, is his son. Jo!>eph Spragge left one
daughter, "ho is now the widow of the Rev. Dr.
T..ett, of Ireland. late rector of St. George'iI
Church, 'of Toronto.
WiHiam Spragge, one of the three brothers,
hecame the father of our subject. He wa.c; born
in England. and soon after coming to Canada
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became superintendent of the Indian offices at
Ottawa, a position he held for many years, and
died at that place. His widow died at i\[ont-
real in 1900. They were the parents of the fol-
lowing children: Arthur G. .1\1.; Mrs. William
Barber, of England; Henry, deceased j Char-
lotte, 1\1rs. Pierson; Mrs. E. P. Winslow;
Charles E.; and Alfred S., who died in 1902.
_hthur G. 1\1. Spragge was educated in Len-
no'Cville, and took a legal course in Ottawa. He
was called to the Bar in Toronto, and in that
city began his practice in the office of Dr. Hos-
kin, continuing there until 1880, in ,,,hÜ'h year
he went to the North-West Territory, settling
in British Columbia, where he continued pr:tc-
ticI' until his death. :Mr. Spra,g-ge was prom-
inent in Masonic circles. being past master of
Ionic Lodge, Toronto, and the founder of Moun-
tain l,odge, in British Columbia.
In 1878 Mr. .Spragge married Miss Ellen Eli-
yaheth Cameron, daughter of the late John Hill-
'ard Cameron. for many years leading member
of the Ontario Bar. '1'0 .!\II'. and Mrs. Spragge
was born one daughter, Florence Elsie. Mr.
pragge was a consistent member of the Church
of England. In politics he was a staunch Con-
servative.
JA1\IES WILLIAM BRIDGLAND, deceased.
The name of the late James ,Yo Bridgland was
wen known not alone in Toronto but in many
parts of the Dominion for 'his connection with
important engineering- enterprises, and such was
his reputation that his services were demanded
by the f'anadian government. lIe was a native
of Toronto, born there in 1R
1, and there his
death occurred in October, 1883.
The parent,> of James ,Yo Bridgland came to
Toronto carly in the nineteenth century, when
the to\m was still caned by its old name. York.
The father was for ,>ome time connected with
the courts there, but his later years were spent on
a farm which he owned near Toronto, on the
Vaug-han Plank Hoad. He died in the hOlu(' of
a daughter, Mrs. Galbraith. There w('re six
children in the family, namely: :i\Iartha. de-
eea<;ed wife of Oliver Bro\\n; Ann, dec<,ased,
who .married RDbert Goulding: Lucy, :Mrs. Gal-
braith; Ellpn, Mrs. Bennett; Clark, a farmer
in County York: and James W., the only son
horn after tlIP parents came to Canada.
James 'Y. Bridg-land received his edurntion
in the puhliC' sC'hools of Toronto. On complet-
ing the course there. hI' desired further instnlC-
tion, and selling a part of some land which
he owned he went to Victoria College, Cobourg,
d1('re lIP pprfeC'ted himself for the profession
of a civil engincer. This was his profes
ion
nominan
' throughout his life, hut in later )'ears
he went into the Crown Lands Department, first
as surveyor and then as inspector of Coloniza-
tion l
oads, in which capacity he served till his
rlf'nth. He laid out the first road between \Vin-
nipeg and Fort \\Tilliam, done as a mattei' of
special reqnest from the Dominion government,
as .1\11'. Bridgland was in the regular employ of
the Province of Ontario. His skilled work
brought him naturally into prominence in his
line, and his services were alwa)"s highly -.-al-
l
ed. 1\11'. Bridgland was twice married. His
tirst wife was Miss :i\Iarie Dennis, rlaU!!'hter of
Co1. Dennis. She died leaving one daught.>r,
l\Iaria, now .1\1rs. J o1m 'Yilson Lawrence. 1\Tr.
Bridgland married (second) :l\Iiss l\1artha .\nn
J ones, and by this marriage there were 10111'
children, viz.: Annie, who married Leland Dar-
ling, and became the mother of George.
r(lrris
B.. Reginald and Eric: Ella, assistant super-
intendent of the Children's Hospital. 'l'ornnt.J:
Josephine, of Toronto; and Millie, .1\1rs. Rob-
ert Walker, residing in the same city. ar.
Bridgland was, like his father before him, a
Methodist in 'his religious belief, and for numy
years he held official position in the church. He
was a Reformer in politics.
Mrs. :\lartha Ann Bridgland was a daughter
of Rev. Riehard and Mary
\nn (\Vright)
J onC'S. The former was born on an island in the
t. Lawrence, where his fathel', Richard JOllP
,
was stationed while serving in the British
army. Later the military services of Richard
Jones were recognized br the grant of a large
traet of land from the govprnment. The boy
Rirhard was educated in Quebec, and became
a l\1ethodist minister. beginning his study when
eighteen years old. III' was locat
d in turn at
Hamilton. Stamford, Ottawa, Picton, LonJon,
and later at Victoria College, Cobourg. III' held
there the office of hursar and filled it for some
time before his death, which event occurrp.rl till""
in Cobourg. 1\lrs. Jones was a native of V ('1'-
mont and a ('ousin of ('01. Rohert Ingersoll. Be-
sides "!\{aJ.tha Ann, :\ll's. Dl'idgland. Rev. nnd
Mrs. ,Toncs had the foJJowing children: :Uary
Eliza, who married .Tohn Lewis. of Rell p vi11e;
Sarah Ann, l\Irs. Di('l,son. of Toronto;
\melia,
Mrs. .John )1('DonaJd; Elizaheth; Ijonise, who
was a successful teacher in the Normal Rchno1.
becoming later the seC'ond wife of .Tohn Lpwis;
.1\laria .J ean, deceased wife of Dr. Davidson;
Catherine, dereased wife of )11'.
aw
'er, the
musician, and for several years the organist of
the Central :\lethodist Churrh in Toronto; and
Eleanor, who died young.
HART AL:\IERIN :\lASSEY. whose death
occurrf'(1 Feb. 20. lR!J6, at his late residence,
o. 51;) Jarvis street, Toronto, was one of Can-
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C01DIK\IOR.A TlVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
vda's leading' captains of industr
', and 11as-
sey-Harris Company, Limited. of which he \\a";
the honored president, from the time of its for-
ID<ltion until his death. is known throughout the
ci\ilized world.
The late 11r. :\lassey was born in Xorthmn-
berland County, Ont., April 29, 1823. He re-
cei,'erl his early education in a log-cabin school
three milps from his father's farm. Lat'!!' he
went to school for a few years at "\Yatertown,
Xcw York, and completed his education at Vic-
toria College, Ú{)bourg. At the age of twenty-
one he was placed in charge of his father's ex-
tensi\ e farm. serving as school teacher during
the winter. In 1831 ,Mr. .Massey removed to
Xewcastle. Ont., and became superintendent of
his father's agricultural implement works, estab-
lished four years previously. In 1832 he be-
came a partner and general manager of the busi-
ness at Newcastle, where the first mowing ma-
chine manufactured in Canada was produ('ed.
He also for many years served the locality in
which he lived as a justice of the peace.
In 1
5:), his father retiring, 1\1r. H. A. 1\1as-
sey hceame sole proprietor of the business and
under his efficient supen-ision were produced
new and improved machinery that soon made
the name of. the firm well known throughout
('anaùa. In 1863 he introduced the first seIf-
rake reappr made in Canada. In lR6-! 1\11'. Mas-
Hey sufferl'd a loss of $30.000 by a fire. This.
ho\\ewr, only seemetl t{) encoura
e him to even
greatk'r energetic action. In 1867 ::\11'. ::\la<;'-'ey
made a tour of the t'"nited Statps, then went to
Paris \\ ith a number of machines purchased of
him hy the French Government. In 18/0 the
husiness was incorporated into a company with
himself as prpsident and his son. 111'. (,harles A.
:'\Iassey. as manager.
Ir. 1Iassey's desire was
to pla('e the most modern farm machinery on
the market.
In 187!). better facilities being required, the
compan
" mowd to Toronto. Its capacity was
suhscfJuently morp than doubled, the business of
the Toronto Reaper and :\lower Company hav-
ing bef'n purchased. During the intervening
({uarter of a century, thp business has grown in
volume and value until the 1fa,.,spy-Harris ma-
rhines find a market all over the world. and the
firm is "ithout doubt the best known industrial
conc('l'll ill the Dominion of Canada. The up-to-
date methods of the company and the excellency
of their prodnct is seen in the fact that prizes
were awarded .them at the Centpnnial Exhibi-
tion in Philadelphia, Pennsyh-ania. 1876, the
Antwerp International Exhibition and others of
equal merit.
In 1889 1\11'. Massey became president of a new
organization, known as Rawypr & ':\Tasser COIll-
.)/
.ran:,}'. Ltd., wftth headq;uarÍRrs at Hamilton,
Ont., lll<lllUfacturers of threshers and eno-ine s
'" ,
and in 1892 he was made president of the Ver-
ity Plow Compan:,}", Limited, of Brantford, On-
tario.
In 1891 the Masse;)' l\Ianufacturing Company,
of Toronto, A. Harris, Son & Co., Limited, of
Brantford, and l\Iasse;r & Company, Ltd., of
'Winnipeg, were amalgamated under the name of
1Iassey-llarris Company. Limited, with a capi-
tal of fi,'e millions of dollars.
horth' after the
Patterson & Bro. Compan)", Ltd.,' of 'Y ood-
stock, and J. O. \Y isner & Co., of Brantford,
were also ab.sorbed. Fl'om the large proportions
attained by the business one would think )11'.
::\Iassey's entire time and attention would have
been engrosse(l therewith, but, as the Toronto
people well know. he found time to consider
philanthropic enterprises, and it is to Ul'. lIart
A.
\Iasse
" that the city of Toronto is indebt
for the magnificent auditorium, Massey :M:l1sic
Hall, ,,'hi('h was erected as a gift to the citil.ens,
and in memory of his son, Charles A. Mr.
::\lassey erected the Fred Victor 1Iission of To-
ronto in memory of one of his sons.
l\Ir. 1[assl'Y is survived by his wife, 1[rs. II.
A. l\Iasse
", whose maiden name was Eliza ._rane
Phelps. His children were: Charles A., (113-
ceased; Chester D.; "\Yalter E. H. deceased'
Fred V., deceased; and Mrs. Lillian l\[as;;e
;
Troble.
Of the late Hart A. :Jlassey it may be truth-
fully said the world is the bette1' for his ha,"Íno-
lived in it. He passed away in '"
The holy pride of good intent.
The glory of a life weU spent.
CHARLES
\.LBERT
L\.:S:SEY. The late
Charles Albert Massey was the eldest son of the
late Hart A. Massey, the well-known manufac-
turer and philanthropist, and was born in Hal-
dimand to" nship, near the town of Cobourg,
orthumberland County, on S('pt. 20, IS-!S.
About three years later his parent'S removed to
Newcastle, Ont.. where 'his father hall purchased
an interest in the business estal)lishec1 by his
father, Daniel :J1asse
T. Esq., anll bega
the
mannfa('ture of agricultural implements. Young
Charles rereivec1 a good school education and
all the advantages that devoted parents and
good influences could afford. He was a man of
businpss from the beg-inning. HI' wa<; not long
in his teens when his father placed him in the
factory, where b
' actual e'i:pcl'ienee with the
other workmen he might become ar'1uainted with
a trade. In lR64 he entered Victoria Univers-
ity, Cobour,!!. where he wa,<; a student for two
years. In thl' fall of 1866 he pursued the course
and graduated at the British American Com-
])]pl'rial ColIe!!p. Toronto, showing fine bu<;i.ness
58
C01\lMEß10RATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
habits and rapid work. Following this he took
the course at the Toronto Military School, which
completed his student life.
In 1867, while his father was absent in
Europe, the whole business was placed mainly in
his charge, though he was not yet nineteen years
old. These grave responsibilities were bravely
borne, and from this time forward until his
death he was an active spirit in the management
of the business. In 1870, the health of his
father hecoming impaired for a while, the busi-
ness was formeù into a joint-stock company,
under the name of the l\lassey .Manufacturing
Company, Charles being made vice-president and
manager, a position he ably and acceptably filled
during the remainder of his life.
The rapid development of thp bmjiness at
I\ewcastle, with the introduction of every ap-
pliance and the best machines, and the unparal-
leled extension t()f the works on their removal
to Toronto in 1879, attest to the energy and skill
of Charles A.
1assey. He was always deeply
interested in the weHare of the workingmen
under him. They recognized in him one to
whom they could go in trouble and find relief,
one who would kindly advise-a brother W'ho
was always ready to listen to their troubles. aud
do what he could to help them out of their dif-
ficulties. He also kept himself full)T informed
in all public affairs, and at one time was offered
a candidacv for election to the Dominion Par-
liament, f
om "
est Toronto. but his business
('ares and responsibilities were so hea,')" that he
was obliged to decline. He had alwa:ys en-
joyed remarkably good health until a short time
before his la
t illness. In January, 1884, he was
stricken with what appeared at first to be a
severe cold, hut whi('h qui('kl
T den'loped into
typhoid of a virulent form. Hc died Feb. 12
following, in .his thirty-sixth YPa!'. The Massey
l\Iusie Hall. TOronto. was ereeted hy his father
in his memory.
111'. l\Iassev was married on Od. 12, 1f'70. to
.:\liss Jessie 'F. Arnold. of Kalamazoo, .Michi-
g:m, and had seven childrt'n, five of whom sur-
vived him, namely: 1\1rs. E. S. Glassco. Arthur
IJymßn,
lrs. 'V. Howard Chandler, {,harles AI-
bprt, and )Irs. .A. L. Armstrong. His ,vidow
is since deceased.
CHESTER DAKIEIJ MASSEY. Few fami-
lies are better known throughout Canada on ac.
count of their vast and wide-spreading businrss
interests, and their kincU
T interest in and prince-
Iv contributions towards various philanthropi('
hj(òcts. than that of Massey. the family identi-
fied with the great manufacturing corporation,
the 1\Iassey-Harris Company. IJÏmit('d. The
present hpad of the family is Mr. ('hester Daniel
1Iass('y, son of tlle late 1\11'. Hart _\. Massey, and
grandson of the late Mr. Daniel Massey, the
founder of the Massey business. He was born
in Haldimand township, in the County of
Xorthumberland, Ont., June 17, 1850, and re-
l'eived his education at the public school. From
school he entered his father's implement bUSl-
llCSS, at that time located at Newcastle, Ontario.
In 1871, the late Hart A. Massey and his
family having removed to Cleveland. Ohio-but
retaining his connection with the business, and
If'a,-ing his eldest son, Charles A. Massey, in
tharge as vice-president and general manager,
Chester accomp:mied him there. In 1879 the
business of the l\Iassey .Manufacturing Com-
pany was removed to Toronto, and in 1882 Mr.
Hart A.
Iassey with his family returned to
Canadl!, and settled in Toronto, the great de-
nlopmpl1t of the Canadian business rendering
his constant per!Wnal supervision desirable. In
) r;91 tame the amalgamation of the Massey
)hmnfacturing Company, 'roronto, wit.h the A.
I farris.
on & Co., Limited. of Brantfortl, and
lns
ey & ('ompan)-, I.ámited. of 'Winnipeg, into
pnf' powerful corporation, called the Massey-
Harris Company, Limited, Mr. Hart A. M.assey
hetoming- president, and Mr. C. D. l\Iassey treas-
urer. )11'. Hart A. l\iMSCY died in 1896, and
was succeeded as president of the company by
Ur. ,Yo E. H. l\1m;;sey, and he dying in lUOl,
Ir. C. n.
[assey was elected president. ylr.
)Iilssey'!o; present position with the company is
tlwt of honorary pr('sident and treasurer. Mr.
Iassey is president of the Sawyer & Massey
l 'ompany, Limited. of Hamilton, Ont., manu-
f:!pturcrs of threshing ma.chines and eng1Des,
ßnd also a direetor of the following companies:
the ('pntral Canada Loan & Savings Company,
the Xational Trust Company, and the City Dairy
('ompany. of Toronto. lIe is also an executor of
his father's estate.
Mr. :\fassey is an active participant in )'elig-
ions and philanthropic work. He is a devoted
member of the ::\Iethodist Church, a trustee of thß
:\Tetropolitan Chureh, Toronto, a trustRe of thl'
Chautauqua Institution, and of the Masse
'
rusi(' Hall and the Fred Victor Mission, To-.
ronto. which two latter buildings were con-
st.ructed thr0ugh the munifipence of his father.
He is also a member of the Boa
ù of Regents of
Yirt.oria rniV('rsit
-.
1\11'. Massey has been twice married. Hi"! 5rst
wife was Miss .\nna D. Vincent. of Erie, Penn-
s\"h-ania to whom he WßS united on March 17.
l'8Rfi. a
d who died in IJondon. Eng-land. on
Xm-. 11, 190
. His second wife was Miss Mar-
garet Phelps, of Gloversville, New York, whom
hp married on Jan. 3. 1907. 'rhe family con-
sistJ'> of two sons by the first wife, C. Vincent
!\fHSS(,Y and Raymond ITart Massey.
,.
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
59
W. E. H. MASSEY, who died Oct. 28, 1901,
.was one of the most enterprising leaders amon
the business men of Toronto, and one of her
highly esteemed citizens. :Mr. }Iassey's bi.rth
occurred ..April 4, lS64, at Neweastle. Ont., and
he was a son of the late Hart A. .;\Iassey. As
president of the }Iasse
'-Harri'i Company and
cìosely allied with other extensin business con-
cerns he was an important figure in the com-
mercial life of the city and country.
\Yhen .ðlr. }Iassey was seven years oLrl his
parents settled at Clenland. Ohio, and there he
received IDS early education, wh
ch was supple-
mented b
' one year at Boston University. )[1'.
:Massey then located in Canada, becoming a mem-
ber of the well-known .ðlassey-Harris Company,
of which he was the prpsident at the time of
his death, having succe('(led his father in that
position. [Ie not only maintained his connec-
tion with the }Iassey-Ilarris Company, but was
also the promulgator of the City Dairy Com-
pan
', of which he was the first president, hoIrt-
ing that office up to the time of his death; he
was also a director in the Bank of Commerce, the
{'arter-Crume Company and the Xational Trust
Company, vice-president of the Insurance Ag-
ency Company, of Toronto. director in the
aw-
yer-l\Iassey Company, of Hamilton, and pJ'esi-
dent of the Verit
. Plow Company, of Br
mt-
ford.
On July 11. 1
, in Roston, :\Iassachusetts,
1\[1'. W. E. H. :\Inssev was united in marrinO'e
with :\Iiss Susie Dent
n, who was born at Ne;-
ton. }[assa('husetts, and is a member of an old
Kew England family, being a daughter of
George 'I'. and Luc
'
-\. (Locke) Denton, and
grand-daughtf'r of Jacob and Eliza Denton, all
natÏ\'es of Massachusetts. The Df'ntons
were originally Englis'h, but settled in
:\Iassachus('tts many years ago. After their
marriage l\Ir. ßnd :\Irs. )[a.<;se
' settled in
Toronto. where Mr. )Iassey sp('nt his business
life. and where his \\ idow still resides.
In addition to the different ('nt('rprises prt',.-i-
'Ûusl
' referred to, in which :\11'. Massey wac;; in.
terested, should be mentioned his b('autiful
!'íO-
acre farm, "Df'ntonia Park," adjacent to To-
ronto. He took a great interest in thorough-
brcd stock, especiall
' in Jersey cattle. and in
conducting this business was thoroughly sl'ien-
tific. All modern m('thod<; w('re employ('d on
bis premises, and his dßiry products were abso-
lutely pure.
To :\11'. and )[rs. Massey were horn children
liS follows: Ruth IJilIian, Madeline. Dorothy
and Denton. )[1'. Massey WIIS Hn official mem-
her of the Cf'ntrlll :\Il'thodist Churph. He was
a thorough business man. a highly este('m('d
citizen, a de,-oted husband and father. and all
in all a Christian gentleman.
\YIIJLLDI AUGUSTUS BALDWIN, who
departed this life June 1-1, 1883, at "
Iash-
quoteh." Deer Park, Ont., was a native of To-
ronto, horn at the corner of Bay and \Velling-
ton streets, in 1808, son of Dr. \V. \Y. Baldwin.
Robert Baldwin, grandfather of W. A., was
born Aug. 21, 1741, O.S. He came from Ire-
land in 1799. and on July 13th of that year set-
tled at Port Patrick, "
\nnarva," Baldwin'8
Creek, Clarke township, County of Durham. In
Decombf'r, 1810, he moved to York (now To-
ronto), where he died Nov. 2.1. 1816. Robert
Billdwin married Barbara Spread, daughter of
William Spread, of Forest, in the County of
Cork. and by her had sixteen children, nine of
\\ hom came to Ontario, namely: \Villiam \Yar-
l'Cll Bßldwin; ,John Rpread; Augustus \Varren.
who lived' at Russell Hill; Henry; Barbara;
Elizabeth: _\lice; Annß Maria; and l\{ßry War-
ren.
Of this family Dr. William Warren Baldwin,
who had come out with his father, settled in To-
ronto, where he parried on the practice of IDS
profession. and subsequently studied law. He
married :\Iargaret Phoebe .Willcocks, daughter
of Willißm Willcocks, of Cork. ßnd they had the
following children: (1) Robert, \\ho married
.A. ngusta Eliza bet h Sullivan and had these (.hil-
dn'n, Phoebe :\Iariß. William Willcocks, Aug-
usta Elimheth (widow of Hon. .John Ross), and
Robert; (2) Augustus \Yilliam, who di('d an in-
fant; (3) Henry, who died young; (4) William
\ngl1stus: ßnel (5) Quetton St. George. de-
('cased.
\\ïlliHrn Augustus Baldwin was born in '1'0-
nmto Sept. 4. 1808. He was educßted at Bishop
trachan's School in Toronto, and for a time
('IJgaged in business with his brûther. For manv
years prior to his death he lived retired at his
I)('
utiful home, ":\Iashquoteh," at Deer Park
)Ir. Baldwin was married
ept. 25, 183.!, to
)[iss I!'abdla Clarke Buchanan daughter of
,fames BIJ('hanHn, Her Majesty's 'Const;l at Xew
York Their f'hildren \\ere: Phoebe Buchanan
(df'('('ased). who married George Lefroy. and
had the folIo,", illg childr('n, Catharine Isabella
(died unmarried), Ernest Rßldwin, Harold
Baldwin, Benjamin St. George (a barrister of
O:;;goode Hall), Phoebe Isabella Beatrice, Wil-
liam Baldwin (died an infant), and
\ugustus
George; Henry St. George, who married Amplia
Rarah, daughter of \Villiam Géorge Pentland,
of Quehcp, and who has had the fo\lowinO' chil-
dren-Bertram St. George (died unma
i2d),
Tfßrold A UI2'11StU8 and Ethel Isabel; James Bu-
ehanan ( fI<<'cf'ased). who nwrried Elizabeth,
60
CO}L\IE},IORATIVE nIOlìR
\PHIC
\L RECORD
daughtl'r of the Hon. Joseph Curran :Morrison,
a Justice of the Court of Qu('en's Bench,
md
had the following ehildl'en--Kenneth ,J o"eph
11OlTison, Flore111'P Emeline (died an Íllfan t),
Sybil Isabel (died an infant), [lml .J ames Car-
lisle Buchanan; \\ïlliam Augustus (dcrease.l),
who ma.rried Ella 'Winifl'cd. daughter of Charles
Poston. of (
ueb('c, and had the following phil-
Ib'en-Charles \\'illiam Augnstus
a Lieuten-
ant in the Royal
a'-y, and
t. GeorgI' ppntland:
Roh('rt Russell (deet:'ascd), who JJlIu'l'ied \da
.Jane, daughter of .Jan1l's '\'ehster, of Gu,'lph;
\emelins, of Ko. 75 Spadina roa.1. TOl'Onto;
Isabella Eli7aheth (deceased), who malTied
'\ïlliam Ross Baldwin. of Lismol'e, County \\'at-
erfonl. lrPland. and had the following childl'en
-'Yilliam Atlg'ustus (who died unmarl'ied),
Phoebe Isalwlla .ð1a1'l.wret (who married .John
H('dley), Godfrey
t. fi-porge, anrl Wilhelmine
Russell.
The mothpl' of the fore;ming children died in
l
:JO. and in 1852
Ir. Baldwin marri('d :\Im',
garet Fry }1aeleod, daug'hter of Capt. }1artin
Donald }1al'leod. of the 2:)th Re!!iment. K.O.B.
Captain l\1ac-lI'Od camp to Canada in 184:). and
took up a farm of 600 acres of land in the" O
k
Hidges." where he died. IIis wifp was hmn m
1
2R. in Fryhl'Ook. heland. 1'0 \Yilliam All!!-
ustus and :\1arg-aret Fry Baldwin the followin
('hildr"n WPI'C horn: .Janp }]aeleod. who married
}Ial'tin fJ:rahame, of Rome. Gt:'ol'gia. CKA., an I
has had the following seven I.hil,'ren. ì\Iarg-aret
Balch\"in (died an infant), ,John, \\ïlliam Bald-
win, .Jane Baldwin. Rcginald IÜ'arne,\". Snsannah
Ottilit' (died
m inf
mt), and Doroth,\' Baldwin;
Elizalwth Alexandrina }Iaclpod:
\nnR }1arirt
}Iacleml who married ('harlps Pratt 'Yhelan.
who has two chilrlren, (,harles I?ohprt and :'I1a1'-
gm'ct Fl'aIlPI'S:
Iartin Donald }Iaeleod, who
died unmarried: La\uence Heyden. 'a har'l'i<;ter
of Toronto. who >rInrried Ethel 1Iar,\' S,\"lvia.
eldpst dal1ght('r of P.dward 1Iartin. of Hamil-
ton. and has six children. La\\ rence Counsel
1Iartin. Edith 1Iargm"d Sylvia. EtIwl B'll'hara
11acleod. 11m'v Phoebp 0 'Donnpl1. Edward 'YiI-
I iam Chari,." 'anf] Rulll'rt R ielulI'Il
-\ 1'(']11'1': ) hr-
garpt 1Iadl'ul1. who dipd lmnHiITied: Xorman
1Iaclpol1. who died lInmarried: ('har11'S }I11I'-
lpod. of Rt. Thomas, "ho married }Iary Craven
La,\"cock and has onp son. Donald Macleod; and
.Tohn }Iaclcod. a ph,vsiC'ian practi!'in!! III To-
ronto.
",\Yil1iam A. Baldwin was a memlwr of the
C'hurrh of Eng-Iand. to whirh all his family he-
long. His politiral support was given to the
('on<:ervativp party when Rir .Jo1m .\. l\Iacdon-
aId was premier.
.JOH
YOFW} REID. who pas"pd away at
hi" late r('sidence, Ko. R7 Pembroke street, To-
runtü, ,I an.
;3, 1/'Ì!)!) , was horn in
orthumber-
lanel. England, of Scotch parentage. His fatht'T
was Ale"\.ander Ueid, who soon aft!'r the birth
of our suhject returned to Scotland, where he
ðpent his remaiuing days.
On reaehing" young manhood John Youn
Heid came to Canada, and for a time resided in
Hamilton, from "hich city he remo,'ed to To-
ronto in IH,j6. Soou thereafter he engagwl in
the wholesale paper husiness with 111'. Buntin,
under the fi
m name of Buntin & Reid, ,'on-
tinuing as a memher of this firm until failing
health made it neees:-.ary for him to retire from
adi,'e business.
\side from his connection with
the rapel' husin('ss. :\Ir, Reid was a director in
the Globe Printing Company, British
\merica
\ssnrance Company, Canada Landed & Kational
InYestment Company, and was identified with
other business 1>IIterprises of Toronto, as a share-
holder therpin and a direetor therpof. He "-as
largely interpsted in stoel, raising, heing for a
numlwr of Yt:'ars associatcd with the late lIon.
Ueorge Brown in flw well-kno\\ n Bow Park
Farm. and also owned the Hillside Stock Farm,
near Paris, Ont. He was well known throl1!.dlOut
w('stern Canadian husiness eireles, and was a
man hcld in high esteem by all who were for-
tunate enough to havp made his acquaintance.
:'Ill'. Reid was mal'ried in 1869 to l\liss
\Iary
Young Butt, oÏ 111 a sg-ow, Rrotland. 111'. Reid
was for man\' veal'S onC' of the leading memhers
of Rt. .JlIme
' 'Square Presbyterian ChurPlI. in
whi('h he was an elder. as wpll a" hping Ì1;{'asnrer
thel,,'of. In politics he was a Refol'mer, anll he
tool, an intplIigpnt intèrest in the success of the
part,\-, aIthou2'h nc\'er cJC'siring political offiee,
preferring- t.o dpvote his t.inw and attention to
tlw husine
s in whidt Ill' was so successful. :\11'.
Reid was one of the oldest rC'sidpnts on PL'mhro1,e
"tr('pt at tlIP time of his deHth, in which To-
ronto 10Rt a useful citiz('n and an honorahlp.
upright man.
WILLL\11 (iEOH(m IL\:\"":\"".\ 11. 1,L.B. In
the death of ,\Yi11itllll G. Hannah. who 'kparted
this lifl' in Toront.o. Rept.
-1. l!)O:J, the legal
prof('
sion lost a nwmher who for 0\"\'1' forty
,earR had lJpl'n a hrilliant pl'af'titiOlll'l', awl who
t thp time of his rlemis(' was thp ohkst law,\"er
in thc rity.
Charles C. Hannah. fat1wl' of '\'i11iam n., was
a nati\Tp of frplaud. and in his earlil'r life saw
militan sl'rviee: he was in thp \JaUle of "'\\'ater-
100. On poming to Canada hp located in the
County of Halilimanli and ('ngaged extensively in
the' llL
lhl'r husiness. emplo,\"ing many men and
doing a larg-e p""{porting trade to Ruffalo and
othpr points. He and his wife, whose maiden
nan1P was .\nnie Stuart, both died in the Connty
t
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rF
c-
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IORA TIYE BIUGRAPHICAL RBCuRU
of Haldimand. They became the parents of six
children: Jane, .Matilda, Margaret, David,
Charles and William George.
"'illiam G. Hannah was born in York, County
of Haldimand, Dec. 23, 1840. His literar)' train-
ing was obtained entirely unùer private tutors,
among whom may be mentioned Rev. "ïlliam
Hill and ::\11'. Cameron. "'hen he was ready to
take up the study of law, upon which he had ,le-
cided for his life work, he entered the office of
Judge Stevenson, of Cayuga, Ilaldimand Countr.
but later went from there to th
office of Ed
ar
Barker, of Dunnville, where he studied for three
years. His preparation completed, 1\11'. Hannah
went to Toronto, passed his examinations for the
Bar there, and on Oct. 1. 1863, was made one of
the legal fraternity. Forming a partnership
with the late Henry Ince, he at once began prac-
tising, but hefore long the association was sev-
ered, and :\11'. Hannah from that day conducted
an office by himself. lIe became very well-
known, and was a prominent member of th
On-
tario Bar. In 18ï1 he was appointed notary
IHlhlic and continued as such until his death.
1\{r. Hannah was one of Toronto's most highly
esteemed citizens, and was a man of broad S) m-
pathies and interests. .While never an active
politician he was always a loyal supporter of
the Conservative party. In fraternal connec-
tion he was a :Mason. and in religion he was a
devoted member of the Church of England.
In 18S6 )[1'. Hannah was joined in the bonds
of matrimonv to )Ii<;s Gel'trude :\1. Bal'ker.
dauD'hter of 'the Edgar Barker in whose office
... .
1\[1'. Hannah read law. To this union were born
two sons and one daughter, namely: Beverley, a
medical student, class of 1909, University of To-
ronto; George David, who is in the Crown Bank;
and
[abel. The family residence. at No. 164
Park Road, was built by 1111'. Hannah in 1900.
JOHX STI
SOX HATTON (deceased), who
was for nearly half a century actively engaged
in the lumber business. was born in Oakville,
Ont., in If'34, son of .William and Elizabeth
(Stinson) Hatton. The parent<; "ere both born
in Ireland, and came to ('
mada about the same
time in 18
4 but their marriage did not occur
until after th
ir arrival here, in'1826. They set-
tled on a farm at Oakville, which
[r. Hatton
carried on until he retired from active business
operations and mO\'ed to l\Iilton. There he died
in 1865. while his wife surviwd him until 1880.
They were members of the )1f'thodist Church,
and on politiC'al suhjf'C'ts 1\11'. Hatton held. the
views of a T.Jibpra1. Always interested in mili-
tary affairs. :\[r. Hatton heM the rank of cap-
tain in the local militia. and in that capacity did
active service during: the rebellion of 1837-38.
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lIe and his \\ ife had four children. namely:
}'laQ', ,\ho died in childhood; Jane, who died
in 1863, the wife of James McGuffin; Thomas,
who died unmarried; and John Stinson.
John S. Hatton studied first at Oakville and
later at Victoria College, Cobourg. After leav-
ing college he was in a mercantile business, in
lilton, in partnership with James McGuffin, for
a
'ear or two, but in spite of his strong disin-
l'lination for agricultural pursuits it seemed best
for him to return home and lmdertake the man-
agement of his father's farm, near Hamilton.
This he did for a short time, but before long he
was able to start in the flour and lumber busi-
lIesS in
Iilton, and thereafter continued in that
line. At first only a lumber merchant, he !ater
included the manufacture of lumber also. oper-
ating in },IiIton until 1885, when he moved to
Toronto and established himself there perman-
I'ntly, continuing in the active control of his
husiness until his death, which occurred in Sep-
tember, 1904.
Ir. Hatton emphatically em-
bodied the modern business spirit, being very
l'nergetic and progressive, equally quick to trunk
and act. Identified so long with the lumber
trade, he was widely known in a business way aU
oYer Canaf1a, and held a "ery high reputation.
He had larg'e interests in his line. his biggest
holdings in timber lands being in British ('01-
mnbia. After his death his son succeeded him
in the husiness.
Twice married,
[r. Hatton's first wife was
:UalT Elizabeth Anderson, who was born in
Fla
horough, Ont.. in 1844, daughter of Isaac
and Elizabeth (Erb) Anderson. She died in
1871, leaving three children, namel).: William
Henry, a "ell-known lumber merchant, of Ivy,
Ont., and who married .Margaret Davidson, and
has six childre
. Gladys, John, Irene,
Wilfred. Helen and Bessie; and Annie
.J. and Agnes E., who reside in To-
ronto. A fourth child, Frederick, had died
in infancy. For his second wife Mr. Hat-
ton married. in 18ï6. 1\lrs. :Mary Ann (Hatt)
.Aikman. widow of Samuel Aikman. She sur-
vives her hushand and with his two dau
hters
resides at No. 10 Sus.<;ex avenue. The family
attend the Methodist Church, of which the late
Mr. Hatton was also a member. In politiC's he
"as a Reformer.
Mrs. Hatton, whose maiden name was Mary
\nn Hatt. was born at AncasteT. Ont., daugh-
ter of Andrew and Barbara (Thorpe) Ratt. The
former was a native of Dundas, Ont., and the
latter of' Ireland. Andrew Hatt was a son of
RiC'hard Hatt. the founder of thè family in Can-
ada. who was a large land owner in the vicinity
of Dunda.", whf're he was a general merchant,
and where hi" death occurred ahout the end of
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the nineteenth century. Andrew Hatt carried
on farming at Ancaster, and there both he and
his wife died.
ARTHUR C. HENDRICK, l\I.A.,
I.B., as-
sistant demonstrator in Physiology, Anatomy
and Biology in the Medical Department of the
University of Toronto, is of United Empire Loy-
alist extraction, and a member of a family iden-
tified with Canada since 1785.
.Members of the Hendrick family, which was
of Scotch origin, emigrated from Scotland to
the North of Ireland many
rears ago, and thence
to the United States, where the family was
founded prior to the outbreak of the American
Revolution. .About 1785 the widow of Arthur C.
Hendrick's great-great-great-grandfather camð
with her family to Canada, settling at the Bay
of Quinte, where the family received a large
grant of land from the Crown, and in that sec-
tion the family has been an important one to
this day. Of the family of pioneers to come to
Canada was one James Hendrick, the great-
great-grandfather of the Doctor, who spent his
entire life in the vicinity of the original settle-
ment. Among his children was one Jacob Hend-
rick, who also followed farming and milling at
the Bay of Quinte. His son, Hiram, who was a
well-known lumberman, also spent his lif.
in
that section. and there the latter's son, Will mot
Hendrick, the father of Arthur C., was born in
1840.
Will mot Hendrick married Janet Gunn. a
native of Halifax, and a daughter of Peter A.
Gunn, who came to Canada as an officer of the
93rd Highlanders, and was later appointed to
Her Majesty's Customs at Kingston, with which
he was identified for more than forty years. Mr.
Willmot Hendrick 'has been a lifelong resident
of l\Iurray township, COlmty Northumberland,
where he has been a justice of the peace for many
years as well as a member of tht} township COlID-
cil. Two sons have been born to him and hi
wife, namely: Prof. A. "V., of Sea ttIe, Washing-
ton; and Dr. Arthur C.
Dr. .Arthur C. Hendrick was born in 1870, in
County Northumberland. and received his liter-
ary training in the public schools and the rni-
,'ersity of Toronto, where he receivcd his C'la.<;si-
cal course leading to thc degree of lVI.A. in 1897.
He then 'entered upon rus medical studies, and
was graduated from the Medical Departmpnt of
the University in 1900. with the degree of :U.B.
Being desirous of putting himself in touch with
the leading teachers of Europe as well a.<; those
on this side of the Atlantic, Dr. Hendrick <;pent
190:; in King's Collegp, London, England. In
1901 the Doctor was appointed lecturer in An-
atomy. Ph
siology and Biology in the mc(Uf'al
department of his alma mater, a position he has
ably filled to the present time. For some years
he has been a mpmber of the Canadian Army
)ledical Corps.
Dr. Hendrick is a communicant of the Ángli-
can éhurch. In politics he is a Conservative.
His social connections are with the Royal Can-
adian Yacht Club, Victoria Club, and the Can-
adian :Military Institute.
ALEXA
])ER BRO''''N, who died at hi..
home, No. 86 Charles street, Toronto, l\[arch 7,
1904, was one of the well-known and highly re-
spected business men of the Queen Cit:r. Mr.
Brown was born in Berwickshire, Scotland, Feb.
3, 1828, and came of a prominent familv who
had resided at" Park, " Berwickshire, fo
over
600 years. The parents of Alexander Bro"'ïl,
John and Anna (Bell) Brown, spent their en-
tire lives in Scotland, and there died, leaving
these children: Alexander; :Margaret. who died
unmarried j Mary, deceased, who married James
Barrie; 'Villiam, deceased j Elizabeth, deceased.
who married Andrew Murray j and John 'and
David, both deceased.
Alexander Brown grew to manhood in his
native land, and in July, 1850, came to Toronto,
where he resided for some time, engaged in the
bakery business with Alexander Mather. 1'rus
was the nucleus of the well-known firm of Chris-
tie, Brown & Co., Ltd. After his marriage in
1857, :Mr. Brown settled in ,Vest Zorra, COlIDty
Oxford, and was auditor and reeve of that town-
ship. .Mr. Gordon, of 'Yest Zona, has remarked
that :\11'. Brown was the most capable officer who
ever filled the office. He also served as school
trustee for some time. In 186!) .Ur. Brown came
to Toronto to establish the firm of Chnstie,
Brown & Co., and later for ten years (1876-
1886) resided in Eglinton, during whieh time
he engaged in the milling busines,'i. Returning
to Toronto he continued the milling business,
and with 1\11'. }'latthcw Robbins owned the Citi-
zen l\Iills. A few months later he purchased
Mr. Robbins's interest, and continued the busi-
ness alone until within a fpw months before his
death. Thpn the firm wns incorporated as th,"
Alexander Brown Milling and Elevlltor Com.
pany. with i\lr. Brown as president. 1'11'. Brown
was educated for the law, but never followed
that profession. However, he became one of the
well-known business men of Toronto. and his
fricnds were limited only by his acquaintancc.
TIe was a mpmher of thc To'"onto Boanl of
Trade.
In 18.)7 1\11'. Brown married }'liss Elizabpth
Lam b, born in Scotland, daughter of James and
.Tessie (Cairns) 1..amb. who came to f'anaòa in
1839, locating at Galt, where :\11'. Lamb en!Ng'pd
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63
III milling. He removed later to a farm near
Orangeville, where he and :Mrs. Lamb died.
Their children were: Archibald; :Mrs. Brown;
Mary, the wife of J. T.
w alker; Ellen, wife of
'1'. Reid; and John. To :Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
Brown were born these children: J ohn, enga
ed
in the milling business in Toronto, married Clara
Walker, by \\ hom he had four children, Kath-
leen, l\Iarjorie. Ruth and Dell. Jessie, the wife
of Dr. .T. F. Bell, has children. Frank and Alex-
ander. Annie, the wife of D. B. Jacques, has
two children, Elizabeth and Margaret. .J ames,
of Toronto, married Clara Bell, a sister of Dr.
Bell, mentioned above, and bas cbildren. Doug-
las and Hilda. William married l\Iabel Rice,
and has two children. Alexia and Ross. Eliza-
beth is unmarried. l\Iary Florence is umnar-
ried. :Murray married Ethelyn Harrison. Helen
Bell married Armour
-\.. l\Iiller, of Toronto.
Archibald and Alexandria are unmarried.
rr.
Bro"\\n was a member of St. .Tames' Square
Presbyterian Church. with which
Ir
. Bro".n is
connected. In politics he was a Reformer.
GEORGE ELLIOTT, M.D., C.M., physician
and surgeon of Toronto, Demonstrator of .\n-
atomy, University of Toronto Medical Depart-
ment, managing editor of the Dominion Medical
Monthly and of the Ontario .1Iedical JOltl"nal,
and general secretary of the Canadian l\Ipdical
Association, is a native of County Wentworth,
Ontario.
Dr. Elliott received his literaQ" training in the
public schools of his native Cûunty, and in In-
gersoll, after which he was a teacher in Oxford
and Halflimand Counties for a time. In 1891 he
enterf'd Trinity Medical College, Toronto, and
was graduated in 1895. with the degree of M.D.,
C.M., from Trinity University. He at once set-
tled in Toronto'in the practice of his chosen pro-
fession. In 1898 the Doctor was appointeò De-
monstrator of Anatomy in the :Medical Depart-
ment of the Lniversit:r of Toronto. and since
1903 has been managing editor of the m
dical
journals formerly mentioned. Since 1901 he hM
been secretary of the Canadian :\Iedical Associa-
tion.
In 1897 Dr. E1liott married
lis."! Sophie Gard-
iner, of Toronto, who died Fen. 27, 1907. Fra-
ternally Dr. Elliott is connected with the )1a-
sons, thc LO.F., the C.O.F., and the Royal Ar-
canum. In his political principle he is a Con-
servative, and in his religious connection a mem-
ber of the Anglican Church.
AIÆXANDER KIRKWOOD, whose death
occurred .July ]3. 1901, was for forty-seven
years connected with the Crown Lands Depart-
ment of Ont.ario. and was one of the best-known
and most popular officials of the Ontario govern-
ment. He was born in Belfast, Ireland, Dec.
17, 1823.
In 1846 a party left BelfMt for America, --;yith
only the vague idea of taking up agriculture in
the neighborhood of Cincinnati, and Mr. Kirk-
wood attached himself thereto as tutor. But the
majority of the party got no further than :-.J"ew
York, where :\Ir. Kirkwood followed his occupa-
tion for some time, later, however, turning' his
attention to agricultural pursuits. He started
out from Xew York and soon found employ-
ment in Herkimer County, that State, next try-
ing whf'at farming at Gcne,"a, :New York. In
] 853 he located in l\Iontreal. and for a time
worked for Stephen Baker. at Durham Flats.
While there he read one day that a Department
of Agriculture was to be established by thf' gov-
ernment, anò this seeming- to hold out promises
of congenial work he hastened to Quebec.
\Ial-
colm Cameron ,\as the new minister. and I'll'.
Kirkwood presented himself to him. He receiv-
ed the promises of employment, but wns told to
wait, and he resumed fllrming. 'While working
with Robert
ugent "T atts, at Riviere S1. Fran-
cis, he wrote an article on the drilling- of wheat
which appeared in the Montreal Agriculturist.
When :i\Ir. Cameron read the article he at once
sent for
Ir. Kirkwood, and in a few days the
latter had Lord Elgin's commission in his pocket
to visit Europe and report upon the growth and
management of flax, and to encourage emi
a-
tion from the continent to Canada. l\Ir. Kirk-
wood performed this task most creditHbly, but
on his return to Canada found the govern-
ment changed and Dr. HaJph minister of agri-
culture. Consequently he had to make his re-
port to 1\11'. Cameron as a privat.e individual.
Soon afterward he obtaincd an appointment to
the Crm\n IÆnds Department, allf1. although he
would have preferred to remain in the AQ'J'i-
cultural Department he ga,'e bis best cnergies
to the new work, continuing in this department
until his retiremcnt. in 1900.
::\11'. Kirkwood wrote continunlly for publica-
tion, and his writings, under t.he name "Xep-
tune, " were familiar to the readers of the Weel>
and the Globe. He interpsted himself largely in
Canadian Fisheries, nf'fore the present depart-
ment was founded with 1\11'. Bastedo in charge.
::\11'. Kirkwood and J. J. l\Iurph
', of th(' Free
Grants and Sales Department. jointly puhli!'hprl
a work on the undewlO"pcd lands of northern
Ontario. whiC'h was received with much praise
and everywhere Ilclmowledg'ed to be a valuable
work. Among ::\11'. Kirkwood's othpr writings
were translations of "Thp Art of Ob
ervin!!."
by Bf'uja.min Corrard. and an aC'count of the
forest"! of Russia and their proclucts in compari-
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CO}I1\IK\WR.\TIVE BIOGK\PHICAL RECORD
son with the territorial al'ea and "ith the popu-
lation, by p, V. 'Verikha. This latter work was
the means of introducing systematic fort'stry
into Canada. It was through ::\11'. Kirkwood '3
instrumentality also that tlw Algonquin forest
and park were set apart as a reservation.
On Oct. 1, 1900. 1\11'. Kirkwood's failing health
compclled him to retire from the department and
i,'e himself a rest. For many years he resided
at
o. 1 St. Thomas street. Toronto.
JOHN S. HART, :\I.D., of No. 1480 Queen
street west, Toronto, is a descendant of a Y ork-
hire. England, family, which has for many Yt'ars
been identified with central Ontario.
The Hart family was founded in Canada by
the grandfather of Dr. Hart. Jeremiah Hart
married Hannah Drury, and they were both na-
tives of Yorkshire, whence in 1830 they came to
Canada. .\fter a short stop in what is now To-
ronto, they proceeded to Lake Simcoe, and to the
south-eastward. settling on a tract of land in
Brock township, County of Ontario, where the
rest of their lives was spent. Jeremiah Hart had
a fine property, and the ashes of himself and
wife rest in a cemetery given by him from his
own land to the l\Iethodist Church. }Ir. Hart
held many municipal positions in Yorkshire,
England, and was a man of importance in his
day. To him and his wife were born children as
follows: Mary; Hannah; John; J erpmiah; Eliza-
beth; Hobel't; George: and Sarah, an now de-
ceased. An but Sarah had children, "ho are
now settled in \arious parts of the country.
John Hart, son of Jeremiah, was born in 1.:309,
in Yorkshire, and accompanied his parents to
Canada. In 1844 he married J,[iss Sabra Way,
who was horn in Prince Edward County, Ont..
of U. E. L. ancestry. She was a daughter of
Hpunen Imtl Ly(1ia (Gleason) ,V ay, both natives
of ('anada, the former bping- a son of Daniel B.
"-IlY, of the Statp (If New York. Reuben 'Yay
'VIlS a flll'ffier and public man and a member of
the old Home District Council. the Home Dis-
t1'if't heing- one of the four oricinal divisions of
T" ppe1' Cllnada for municipal purposes.
\fter his marrill
e he settled on a farm in
T;rock township, where they resided until .:\11'.
\Yay retired from acti ,'e life. John Hart was ß
representllth'e man, and \Vas made a member of
th p r(,f'eption committt'e of the county council of
Ontllrio, to mept the thpn Prinee of \Vale;;, now
King Edward VII.. on the memorahle occasion of
his visit in lSG1. TIe at that ti'ne represented
his township (Brock) in the Ontm'io county
conncil. HI' was Illso president for mllny years
hf thl' Brock Agri('nltuml Ro('iety. pro John
and Sabra ('V IlY) TIart were horn the foIlow-
in'! ('hildrf'n: Hllnnllh. ",ift' of 'William Frank
.
(, f Iowa; :\
Ulcy. deceased; Reuben, a memher
of the council of Georgina township, County of
York, and now reeve; Lydia, wife of Jolm Cor-
!leI', of Pefferlaw, Ont.; Sarah, who died unma.r-
ried; Robert, who died in 1882, while a student
of medicine; Sahra, wife Qf Joseph B. HilJ, of
Seabright, Ont.; John S., a praeticing physician
(If Toronto; Eunice; George P., a merchant; and
Phebe S., wife of Rev. n. P. Cummings. All oC
thcsp childrl'n were born on the homestead.
Dr. John S. Hart was born in Brock township,
Ont., in 1860, and he received his I'ducation in
ilie home schools and t.he Port Pcrry high schooL
In 1885 he entered upon the study of medicine,
and in October, 1888, he received 'his degree of
.M.D. from Victoria University, and in 1889
the degrpp of 1\I.B. from the Universit.y of To-
ronto. Both before and after graduation Dr.
Hart spent some time in the office of the late Dr.
W. 'r. Aikins. after which he settled down to the
individual practice of 'his profession of medicine
Ilnd surgery, establishin!r his office in 1890. He
is a member of the staff of the Toronto \Vestern
Hospital, and of the Home for Incurable", and
a mem bel' of th(' council of the College of Physi-
cians and Surgeons of Ontario.
In 1903 Dr. Hart was united in marriage with
l\Iiss Jean Lawson, who is of S('otch descent, but
who was horn in Hamilton. She is the daug'hter
of William and Jessie K. (Cooper) Lawson.
:i\Irs. JJawson is a writer of international repu-
tation. her writings appearing in periodical"
hoth in Cllnada and Scotland. She first wrote
for" Grip" over the name of" Hugh Airlie."
Dr. and Mrs. Hart have one son, John L., born
in 1904. They are members of the Methodist
hl1rch. Dr. Hart is descended from families
who were Reformers on paternal and maternal
sidps. His father Imd maternal grandfather
were both arrested on acconnt of th('ir 1.110wn
sympathy with the pnrposes of the" rebel" party
in 1837, hut wcre detllined only for a day. Dr.
Hart is deeply intl'rl'sted in Canadian politics,
history and 1iterature, and is a collector of Can-
adian books. hut is not a party politician. He
Iwlongs to the -:\fasonic fraternit,},.
REV. :\UC1L\ETJ ANDREW FARRAR,
whose npath occurred in 1876 at'Vestwood, Ont.,
was horn in Bradford, England. in 1813. son
of Squire Farrar, a native of that country.
In his native connty Mic'hael Andrew Farrar
received his e(hwation at Bradford and later Wag
a student at Christ Church. Oxford, Ilfter Ipav-
ing which lattpr institution he en
wged in tpach-
in!! for some time as a private tutor prior to
heing ordain('d as a ('ler!!'yman in thp Chllrch of
En!!'land. H(' was head mlJSter of the SW:Jllsea
grammar S('llOhl. Rpv. 1\f r. Parmr came to Can-
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ada in 1862. settling' at Westwood. and he was
incumbent for \ r estwood, Hastings and N 01'-
wood, filling those important pastorates as rector
until his death.
Rev. )[r. Farrar was twice married, the first
time to a l\Iiss Ben5.0n, by whom he had a daugh-
ter, Caroline, who married Henry Perregrine
Leader, and whose son, Gen. H. P. Leader, is now
a well-known man in military cirC'les. He was
brought up by his grandmother, l\lrs, Farrar,
and edll('ated at Port Hope and the Royal )fili-
tary College, Kingston. Rev. Mr. Farrar's sec-
ond wife was Miss Elizabeth Powel, born in
1836. daughter of Rev. Thomas and Charlotte
McGregor powel. Of the children of Thomas
and Charlotte Powel John, Flora and Mrs. :Par-
rar came to this country. John Powel resides
near Norwood, retired from active business. By
his second marriage Rev. !Ill'. Farrar had one
son, Dr. Stewart Farrar, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
and one daughter, Charlotte Isabel, wife of
Thomas Grover, Esq., barrister, Norwood. The
latter's son, Percy, is an accountant in the Bank
of Commerce. Toronto, and Trevor Grover is in
the Bank of Torl)nto, head office.
In 1904 "Mrs. Farrar located in Toronto, and
since that time has resided in the home which
she purchased at ::-;0. 71 Lakeview avenue.
WILLIAM :r.UCLEAX For nearly half a
centur
. the name of William Maclean has been
a familiar one in Toronto. He \:'omes of High-
land Scotch ancestry, and has inherited many of
the sterling qualities characteristic of that race.
Mr. )Iaclean is a native of Banffshire, SC'ot-
land. and was born in 1824. lIe received a I:;'ood
education. with a legal training. in Keith. his
native town. Aberdeen. and Glasgow. and soon
thereAfter joined the staff of the Aberdeen and
Great Korth of SC'otland Railways.
Mr. :\Iaclean's suhsequent career in Canada
was chiefly the outgrowth of his sucf'(".:;sful work
in Scotland. for it was his record as gf'neral
auditor of the Great North of SC'othmd Rail-
way which led the London Board of the Buffalo
& Lake Huron Railway Company to seleC't him
to look after their interests in Canada. He left
Aberdeen in 1856 and was sent out to Canada
in that year a."! secretary and treasurer of that
company, and for eleven years he was located
at Brantford. the company's headquarters. in the
discharge of the various responsibilities of his
office, and was soon thereafter appointed man-
aging director. On the amalgamation of the
road with the Grand Trunk System. in 1867. Mr.
l\IaC'lean left Brantford and went to Toronto to
assume the position of managing director of the
Union Loan & Savings Company, \\ hich he held
for thirty years. when in 1897 he finally retired.
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Subsequently the "Union" and "Building &
J.Joan " united in the formation of the present
Toronto Mortgage Company, under its new name.
It should be further stated, however, that Mr.
)[ac1ean was also connected with and interested
in other important corporations and business
institutions in Canada, and was largely instru-
mental in promoting, among others, The Toronto
General Trusts Company, of which he MIS one of
the first directors, and was for some years a
direøtûr and secretary of the International
Bridge Company prior to its acquirement by the
Grand Trunk.
::\[1'. )[aclean's son'S also are well-known as
men of superior business ability and standing,
several of whom have filled important positions
of responsibility and trust, those surviving being
::\lr. Charles Maclean, F.I.A., of Kew York City,
who has an influential connection and a large and
lucrative practice in that city j 1\11'. Frank W.
Maclean, the well-known Toronto barrister, in
active practice in that city j and Mr. A. U. Mac-
lean, who holds a position in the Government
service.
The beautifully situated residence of ::\lr. Mac-
lean at Xo. 2.J,9 Pniversity avenue has been the
family homestead for many years, anù while Mr.
Maclean is well along in years it is scarcely real-
ized, for his health and activity remain still
vigorous and seemingly unimpaired-a pleasant
sequel as well as fitting tribute to a useful and
honorable career.
Mr. l\Iaclean was twice married. His first wife
died in 1894. Subsequently he married Mrs.
::\lcLeod. of Quebec, who was well and favorably
known in that city some years ago.
SERGEANT JOH
E. EDWARDS. a Royal
Engineer in Her Majesty's Service, and for many
years a manufacturer of leather novelties at Bra-
C'ondale, County York, died at his home :\1arch
7, 1900. He was born in EdinboroU!
h, Kent,
England, in 1836, son of George Edwards, who
was head gardener for Bi<;hop Gilbert, of Chi-
chester, Susse'C, England. George Edwards '8
wife diM in England, and he came to New York
State, sf'ttIing with his sons at Brooklyn, but later
made his WilY to Canada, dying at the home of
his son, James, in 1R95. Of the sons of George
Edwards, James and .John E. came to Canada;
Albert, Charles and Henry reside in Brooklyn,
Xew York: Joseph resi.des in England; and Wil-
liam. George and Jacob di.ed in Bngland.
.J onh E. Edwards was a Royal Engineer in Her
Majesty's Service for twenty one years, and was
stationed at Cape Town, South Africa, for some
years. He there married Elizabeth Jane Slade,
who was horn in
l'<:sp"" England. daughter o
William and Jane Slade. After five years in
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Cape Town, Mr. and 11rs. Edwards returned to
Chatham, Kent, England, and after some time
there Mr. Edwards was commissioned to go to
Ireland for two years. In 1875, while in the
GoveJ'Ilment service, Mr. Edwards came to Can-
ada as an engineer on the boundary survey, and
was discharged in Quebec two years later. Then
he located on Y onge street, Toronto, in the leath-
er business, after some time coming to Bracon-
dale, erecting a factory which was destroypà by
fire in 1899. He then put up the present hrick
factory. After Mr. Edwards' death. in 1900,
his sons bpcame his successors, under the firm
name of .J. E. Edwards & Sons, and they are
among the leading fancy leather and harness
goods dealers in this section of the country, their
product finding a ready market all over the
Dominion. In polities ::\11'. Edwards was a Con-
servative, and during his residence in Braron-
dale he served as deputy postmaster under Mr.
Turner. He was reared in the faith of the
Church of England.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards had children as follows:
Alice, born at Cape Town, Africa, married N.
Keel, of Toronto Junction, and to them was
born one daughter, Alice. Elizabeth, born in
Cape Town, Africa, married Abraham Ball, a
merchant on College street, and has children:
Albert. Mabel, Lilly, Claude, Irene and Grace.
ð ohn, born in Cape Town, was reared in Toronto,
where he married Miss Lillie Tooze, and they
reside on Bathur.;;t street. Bracondale; they have
five children: Florence, Elsie. Allen, Frank and
Harold. William, born in Kent, England, mar-
ried Miss Elizabeth A. Cursley, and resides near
the factory in Bracondale; he has two \'hildren,
William H. and Esther. James, born in Ireland,
grew up at the home in Toronto. marripà Miss
Edith Dickinson, a native of En
land, and re-
sides on Christie street, Bracondale. wlwre he
owns a fine home. Charlps, born in Clwtham,
Kent, England, married Mi,>s Lucy Flight,
daughter of Captain Flight. of Toronto. and re-
sides on Christie street, Bracondale; th<,}' have
two children, Margaret and Edith. Emil). born
in Toronto, wa'! educated in the public and high
schools of the Queen City, and resides at the
home with her mother. Mary, born in Toronto,
married Olander Dunsford. and resides in Bra-
condale.
Mr. Edwards was a membpr of thp Army and
Navy Club. He was very higl1ly estepmed in
Bracondale as a mlm of honesty and integrity,
and his memory wiH 1)(' long cherished h)" a host
of friends and acquaintanres.
JOHN CHRISTOPHER NOTMAN, who died
in Toronto May 2, 1890. was one of the we11-
known men of that city, having been in the pub-
lic service for more than forty years. He was
born in Montrose, Scotland, in 1829, son of John
and Margaret (Howden) Notman, natives of
Scotland, who came to Canada in 1849, locating
at the village of St. George. There John Not-
man died, and his widow pas.;;ed away in Toronto,
at the home of her son, John Christopher Not-
man.
John Christopher Notman was educated in Ed-
inburgh, Scotland. On coming to this country
he located first in Toronto, where for some
time he was bookkeeper for J. B. Smith. From
this position l\Ir. Notman changed to beeome
bookkeeper for the "Kerby House," in Brant-
ford, and in about 1830 he entered the employ
of the Government at Toronto, on its transfer
to Quebec, making his home there, to continue
in his work. From Quebec 1\11'. Notman went to
Ottawa in connection with government work,
later returning to Toronto. where he was ac-
countant to the Legislative Assembly, and later
became the Queen's printer, which position he
held at the time of his death. His cleverness and
ready adaptability to the position be filled made
Mr. Notman a favorite with all, and none knew
him but to honor and respert him.
Mr. Notman was married in 1860 to Eliza Jane
Frazer, daughter of James and Julia (Hines)
Frazer, the former of whom was born in Ire-
land in 1788 and died in 1860. Mrs. Frazer died
in 1889, aged ninety-seven years. Their cl1ildren
were: Thomas. William, George, James, Sarah,
Amelia, Margaret, Clarissa, Eliza Jane and
Julia. 1\11'8. Notman was born at St. George
village. She now resides in Toronto with her
daughter, Clarra Etta. Her other children are:
Florence Maggie. married Dr. John A. Tuck. of
Toronto. and they have two sons. Wilfred Per-
rival and Christopllf'r Notman Turk; Christopher
R. Notman is in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Mur-
iel L. is the wife of A. .Tohn McKay, of Toronto.
In religion 1\11'. Kotman was a Presbyterian.
:Mr. Notman made a sperialty of minerals. rel-
ir!': and coins. and hlid one of the finest collec-
tions of the kind in Canada. The Agricultural
College at Guelph purchased the minerals and
sold the balam'e of his ('ollpction. He had a mu-
seum of his own in the Parliament Buildings.
To show how much the Government appre('iated
1\'Ir. Notman '8 collection, it is only necessary to
say that it was given room in the Parliament
Buildings.
WILIJIA1\1 CARTER HEGGIE. M.D.. of No.
116 Dovercourt rOlid. Toronto, is a mprnher of a
family of profes.<;ional rnpn. his fMher. Dr. Da-
vid Heggie, being" one of thp olde.<,t rnedi('lil prar-
titioners in Ontario. The Heggie family ('lime
originally from Switzerland. but it {'an be traced
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to France. and thence, in the persons of Hugue-
not refugees, to Scotland and still later to Can-
ada,
David Heggie, the Doctor's grandfather, was
a lifelong resident of Scotland, and died there.
His father was a member of the Fifeshire Y 01-
unteers. His son David, the eminent physician
and surgeon of Ontario, and the father of Dr.
William C. Heggie, was born in 1837, in Seot-
land, and was thoroughly eduf'ated at :Edinburgh.
For sOllie ,veal'S subse(lUcntIy II<' taught sehool in
his native land. but finally eame to Canada. lI("re
he taug-ht s('hool and also studied medicine,
graduating at (
ueen's University in 18(;(j with
the degree of l\I.D. Shortly afterward he settled
at Brampton. where he has eontinued as a gen-
eral practitioner and has acquired a large degree
of emineIll'e. Ill' is particularly well known as a
lover and student of Carlyle, his book. "How I
Read Carlyle's Frenl'h Revolution." being one
of the finest works on Carlyle literature.
Dr. David Heggie was united in marriage
with Miss Mary Carter, who was born in Bramp-
ton, daughter of William and Sarah (Elliott)
Carter. William Carter was born in England,
coming to Canada with his parents when four
years old. His wife was a native of Canada,
and a daughter of the late John Elliott, one
of the early settlers at Brampton-almost the
founder of that place, to which he gave its name,
in memory of Brampton, England, his old home.
William Carter was also an earl." settler at
Brampton, where he owned valuable farm pro-
perty, on whirh both he and his wife died. Both
lines of our subject's ancestry. it will thus be
seen, have been closely identified with Dominion
inteI'f'sts for a long period.
The children of Dr. David Heggie and his wife
were: Dr. William Carter, of Toronto j Dr. Da-
vid Livingston. of Brampton; Robert Elliott. a
barrister at Brampton; Dr. Norman l\[('Ll'od. of
Jacksonville, Florida, who receivf'd his mpdical
training at Baltimore. Maryland: anrl Isabella,
wife of Christoplwr Ir\.ine. of Hrampton.
William Carter Heggif' was born in 1 RI)6 at
Brampton, Ont., where he received his litf'rary
training. In 1Rf'2 hc entered the Toronto l\Iedi-
cal School, and was graduated in 1886. with the
degree of ::\LD.C.l\I. After graduating there,
Dr. Heggie went to Ann Arbor. l\Iichigan. \\here
he eontinued his studies Ül the University of
Michigan, and there it w
s that he camr under
the instruction of Dr. Donald Ì\1l'Lf'an. Profes-
sor of Surgf'ry in that institution. .While at
\nn
Arbor Dr. Heggie was invited to Dptroit to be-
come a:
<;istant to Dr. 1IcLean, and thus he en-
joyed a training in surgery under this notf'd man
of science. the benefits of whil'h l'an sl'arcply be
o\'erpstimatf'd. He remained with Dr. McLean
about a year, when he contraded typhoid fever,
making it necessary for him to give up his medi-
cal work for a time. He recuperated in the
South, and when he resumed practice it was at
Malton, Ont., where he remained for three years.
He then removed to Detroit, where he practised
until 1898. In the latter year he settled at To-
ronto, where he has built up a very large prac-
tice as physician and surgeon, and is an esteem-
ed and valued citizen from e\"Cry point of view.
In 1897 Dr. Heggif' was united in marriage
with Miss Gf'rtrude Lizzie .:\lacAffree, who was
born at Kewport, Rhode Island. a daul,!hter of
David and Mary (IIoplÖns) )Iac
\.ffref'. The
mother of l\II'R. Hegl,!ie belongs to an old and
distinguished family of Rhode Island. her great-
grandfather having been onc of the si
ners of the
Declaration of Independence, whosc deseendants
in the States have reason to be proud of the ùis-
tinction.
DAr\IEL CLARK. U.D.. physil'ian, lecturer,
author and for thirty years superintf'ndent of
the Toronto Asylum, is a leading member of the
medical profession in Ontario. and a recognized
authority on mental diseases. IIp waN born in
Sl'otland in 1831.
Alexander Clark. the Doctor's father. was
born in Scotland in 1806, and his wiff', who was
Miss Annie Mr Intosh, a native of the same coun-
try, was born in 1808. The family came to Can-
ada in 18.1:1, and settled on a farm near Port
Dover, where 1\11'. Clark continued in agricultural
pursuits till his death in 1872. After that event
his widow made her home with Dr. Clark. and
died in Toronto in 18H8, at the advanl'ed age of
eighty-nine. Mr. Clark was a Reformer. and
both he and his wife helon
ed to the Presbyter-
ian Churrh. They were the parents of three liv-
ing children, viz.: Dr. Daniel; Annie, wife of
Robert I
orteous. of Simcoe; and John Alf'xand-
er, of the County of "Xorfolk.
Dr. Danil'l Clark receiyed his litprary educa-
tion in Canada. At the age of eighteen he went
to th(' gold fif'lds of California, but after two
yearn' experience there he returned to Canaùa,
and, deriding upon the practil'e of medicine as
his profession, he entered Virtoria l\1edil,al Col-
lege, taking hL'> degree of M.D. in 18;)8. In 1892
he rereived the degree of M.D. from the Pniver-
sity of Toronto. Dr. Clark thcn went abroad and
spent some years in the hospitals of London. Ed-
inlmrgh and Paris. thus al'quiring a nlried ex-
perience and puttinQ' himself in practical touch
with the bf'St medical thoug-ht of tllf' da
'.
Fpon his return to Canada Dr. Clark estab-
lished himsf'lf at Prinl'f'ton. County of Oxford,
but in 1864 hf' went to tl)(' ITniteil Rtates and
hel'ame an army snrg-l'OJl for the rpmaindpr of
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CO:ðlMEl\IORATIVE BIOGR,\PHICA1.. RECORD
the great Civil Vi ar then pending in that coun-
try. During this time he met personally Pre-
sident Lincoln, "General Grant, and others who
",ere leaders of that day. From a professional
point of view, thi,> period offered more varied
surgical experience than he could otherwise have
obtained, and was of great benefit to him. He
came back to Canada and resumed his former
practice until 1875. when he was appointed to the
position \\ ith whÜ'h his name will always be
chiefly associated.
From 187.3 till 190.3 Dr. Clark was superin-
tendent of the Toronto Asylum for the Insane,
and during that long period of service more than
5,600 patients passed under his charge, more
than 2,000 of them fully recovering. Dr. Clark
is an authority on the treatment of insanity,
and is the author of the text-book on that sub-
ject uSl'd in the University of Toronto, and by the
College of Physi!'ians and Surgeons, besides being
a contributor to various medical journals; and he
bas written a number of monographs on medical
subjects. His "Pen Autographs" ran through
two editions, as did also his novel, "Josiah
Garth. " For fifteen
'ears he lectured on insan-
ity at thc University, and was at one time exam-
iner of students for the Medical Council. also for
the rniversit,\, of Toronto. and is an ex-president
uf the _\ml'rican Psychological Association, and
in June, 190fJ. he was made an honorarv mem-
ber thereof. This association is cOl;posed of su-
perintendcnts and as.<;istant superintendents of
the asylums of Canada and the United States.
He was a mpmber and president of the medical
council. and also of the Ontario l\Iedi!'al Asso-
ciation. Dr. Clark is likewise an honorary mem-
ber of the Canadian Prcs.
A,>sociation, and in
connection with hi" brother-in-law established the
Princeton RceÎclC, and later the Vvooclstock Re.
vimv, a Reform sheet, which thev aftprward sold
!o the late Mr. Patullo. 1\1.1'.1'. :Dr. Clark's opin-
Ions are everywhere hel(1 in mueh respec.t. and
he has long been an influential faetor in the
medical thonght of Canada. lIe is a Reformer
in politics, and belongs to the St. Andrew's and
the Caledonian Societies. of 130th of which he has
been chosen prpsident. rIe is now at a ripe oM
age, retired from aptive practice.
In 18;;9 Dr. Clark was married to :\Iiss Jeannie
Gissing. who was horn in Prillceton. COlmtv of
Oxford. daughter of
\lfred Gissing. an earh: set-
tler in that section. 1\[rs. Clark died in '1898.
She bore her husband three children, but all are
deceased. Both Dr. Clark and his wife united
many years ago with the Presbyterian Chureh.
Since resigning his position as superintcndcnt,
Dr. Clark has re.
ided at Xo. 375 Huron street.
Toronto.
RICHARD S. WILLIAMS, president of the
R. S. Williams & Sons Companv Limited manu-
facturers of and dealers in ml;sical instr
ments
No. 143 Yonge street, Toronto, was born in th;
Queen City ::\Iarch 1 ï, 1874, son of the late Rich-
ard Sugden Williams, a busine;,;s man of inter-
national reputation, a record of whom appears
elsewhere in this volume.
Richard S. Williams was educated in the Wel-
lesley street public school and at the Collegiate
Institute on Jarvis street. From an early age
he showed marked ability in the busines.", visit-
ing the offiee, factory and warerooms after school
hours, and at the age of fifteen years started out
in the city one morning to interview some pros-
pective purchasers of pianos. In this, his maiden
e
ort as a salesman, hi' was successful. returning
wIth the order of two ladies, sisters, for a piano.
On finishing his collegiate tourse 1\[1'. Williams
entered his father's business. and hæ
been iden-
tified therewith to the present time. In 1890, on
the formation of the R. S. Williams & Sons
Company, Limited, he became vicp-president. and
in 1906, on the death of his father, wa" made
president.
One room of the spacious buildings of the com-
pany, at
o. H3 Y onge street. is devoted largely
to the exhibiting of antique musical instruments.
On the walls among these instruments are dip-
lomas received by the company showing the high
standing taken by the instruments, one of which
(dated 1861) is from the Mechanics' Institute,
and another (in the same year) for the finest col-
lection of nUL,>ical instruments' still another dat-
ed 1863, being from the Agricl
ltural Associ
tion,
for a brass drum. In this room one has a chance
to study the style and finish of primitive instru-
ments. among them being a cello made by the
!'l'eat-grandfather of 1Irs. Williams in 1803, in
the Isle of Wight, and a violin case of the eight-
eenth century weighing thirty-five pounds. This
collection of antique im;tnlments is the finest on
the American continent. This firnl are the only
makers of small instruments in Canada, manu-
faeturing any instrument from a jewsharp to a
pipe organ. In visiting the warerooms of the
('ompany one is imprpssed with the distribution
system and arrangement of the different lines of
instruments. One floor of the great building is
given to violins. and in l!)O.3 27,000 of these went
out of this department. On another floor are th
bras,
instruments, and on another the phono.
graphs, etc. Another interesting department,
especially to the musician, is that in which is kept
the collection of the finest violins, not for the
gpneral trade, but for those who know a fine
instrument when they play it. anù at the same
time are ablp to own one worth thousands of rlol-
lars. l\Ir. Williams. thc president. is always early
CO)DIK\IORATIYE BIOURAPITlCAL RECURD
at the ofike and "arerooms, an l takes great
pleasure in showing visitors through the various
departments and e'ì:plainin
all points of interest
connf'pted therewith.
On )Iarch :U. 188ï. :\lr. Williams \1"as married
to l\liss Alma Coleman. a skilled musieian,
daughtf'r of Charle.
Coleman. at one time leader
of the Philharmonic Society of Toronto. To
::\lr. and 1\lrs. "Williams have been born three
children: Irma D., born in 1896; Madeline, born
in UIOO; and
\nnette, born in 1905. 1\lr. and
::\lrs. 'Yilliams are members of the English
Churl'h. In politics he is a Conservative. and
he is conneeted \\ ith the Canada Bowling Club,
the River BeaC'h Athletic Assoeiation, and the
Beaeh Sailing
\ssoeiation.
::\L\.JOR .J. K. LESLIE. treasurer of the In-
dustrial Exhibition Association of Toronto. and
an ex-alderman, i,> a nati,'e of the Queen City,
and a son of George and Caroline (Davis)
Leslie. The grandmother of our subject mar-
ried John Leslie, and their chilùren were: 'Yil-
liam (deeeased) was a farmer ; John (deceased)
was a farmer; George (deceased) was proprietor
of the well-knmul Toronto Kurseries; Robert
was a contractor and housc huilder; and Eliza
(deeeased) was married to William Phillips. of
Orangeville (deceased). By a sel'ond marriag('
to John Leslie. a cousin of her first husband.
the granùmother had these ehildren: Willie (de-
ceased) was a farmer; James (deceased) was a
farmer; and Geordie. a merehant, was in the
Civil War ill the lTnited States. 1
61-fj5, and is
now a resident of the I'nion.
Of the above mentioned children. {ieorge Les-
lif' was the fathf'r of ::\lajor Leslie. IIe was born
at Rogart.
utllPrhmclshire. Scotland. in 1805.
and in his nati,'e l'01111tr," followed gardening.
On settling in Toronto he {'ontinued gardening
for many years. and many of the beautiful shade
trees of the city were planted by him. ::\11'. Le;;-
lie later settled on a farm in Dl'r1'Y "
est. and
went into the
rain. seed and gro('en' busines.__
at the corner of Y onge and Colho1'ne streets. [n
183ï he went into the nursery busint:'!'>
at Rus-
Rell Abb
' Square. south-ea.__t eorner of King and
Caroline (now Sherbourne) streets. and carried
on that business until his death. which oceurred
in Toronto June 2-1. 11'\92. In 1\lr. Leslie's store
on :Front street were exhibited the first gas
lights e,-er installed in Toronto. lIe \\as a mag-
istrate for many years. and also served as an
alderman. and he wa.<; a member of thp old Vol-
unteer Fire DepartulPnt during thp I'Pb('llion of
1837. In religion he 'HIS a Presbyterian; in
his politieal sympathips a Reformer. In 1835
1fr. Leslie married Caroline Davis. daughtcr
of C'ah'in Davis. an ('arly setUl'r of Toronto. and
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she died in 1831. leaving children as follows:
George, of Toronto; )Iajor J. K.; Caroline Jane,
the wife of Robert C. Jennings, manager of the
Bank of Commerce at Toronto .Tunetion; and
Esther Ann, wife of Alexander McDonald Allan,
of Goderich.
)lajor J uhn Knox Leslie was born in 18-1b.
He was edueated in his native city, completing
his studie.
at the :;\Iodel Grammar School. For
two years he "as ill the exchange office of E.
Chaffey & Co., and then engaged with the Can-
ada Permanent Building & Loan Society. For
three years he was with the Royal Canadian
Bank at Whitby. Returning to Toronto in 1869,
he was until 1881 in the nursery busine.
s with
his fathpr. in that year being appointed clerk of
the township of York. a position he held until
18ö.:'I. In 1890 he was eleC'Ìl'd an alderman of
Toronto, serving nine years. two years of which
time he was on the board of control.
lajor
Leslie "as one of the original directors of the
Ewelsior Life Insurance Company. He wa
a
direetor of the Industrial Exhibition Associa-
tion. 1893-1903 j in 11areh, HIO-t. he was made
('ashier, and in June, 1906, treasurer of the as.<;o-
ciation.
On Dec. 25, 1889. )fajor Leslie married )Iiss
Blanehe Elean()l' Anderson, daughter of the late
Thomas \V. Anderson. of Eglinton. whose sketeh
appears elsewhere. They have had one ('hild.
Dorothy, born Sept. Uí. ]893. )lajor and ":\Irs.
Leslie are members of the First Chureh of
Christ, t;cientist, Toronto. In politics he is a
prominent Liberal. and in 18!:):
. on tlw death of
Hon. Alex. Maekenzie, conte,>ted the East York
Riding for Parliament against
fr. McLean, the
Government supporter, hut was deff'ated by a
small majority.
lajor Leslie is very prominent in military af-
fairs. his record being as follows: IIe joined the
Highland Company of the Q. O. R.. and suhse-
quently \\a__ a meml1Pr of r\o. -1 Cllmpany of that
regiment. until he left the city. On his return he
joined the 12th Re
iment, "York Rangers, "
serving through the Kortll\\ est (Riel) rebellion.
188:), as First Lieutenant in the York and Simelle
eontingent. He wac.; Captain of
o. :3 Company
of the 12th for nearly ten years. wa." .Junior :\[a-
jor for five years. and is now Senior Major of
the regiment.
lIe is a pa.<;t master of Orient Lodge. Ko. 339,
A. F. & A. 1\1.. G.R.C.. and a pa.<;t Z of Orient
Chapter, No. 79, G.R.C.
GEORGE ALLAX ARTIH'R8 (deceased).
Among the families long ana prominently identi-
fied with the Connty of York and the busine":!S
interest;;; of Toronto are the Arthurs and the
Anstins. of whieh families the late George Allan
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COl\I"ME1IORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
Arthurs and his 'widow, Annie Jane (Austin)
\rthurs, have ùeen worthy representatives.
The Arthurs family is of Irish extraction, and
was founded in Canada by William H. Arthul'3,
the father of George Allan. He was born in
Ireland and came to Canada in an early day,
being among the earliest settlers of Toronto, com-
ing hither from the lTnited States. The Arthurs
of Toronto are related to the late Chester A.
Arthur, who became president of the United
States on Sept. 20, 1881, upon the death of Pre-
sident Garfield. and served the remainder of the
presidential term until ::',[areh 4, 188;). On com-
ing to Toronto, \Villiam H. Arthurs opened a
general 5tore, and he continued to make Toronto
hi,> home until his death. His wife, who bore the
maiden name of Helen \Vatson, became the
mother of the following ehildren: Helen. who
married ,John Le)'s, anrl left two children, Wil-
liam (de('eaRed), and Helen (of Toronto) ; John,
rleceased; Col. William, dec('ased; and George
..\llan.
Oeorge
\Ilan Arthurs was born in Toronto in
December. 1
3;), and received his education at
the Upper Canada College. His busine:ss life
was begun with the firm of Howland & Fitch,
with whom he remained for some time, and then
he engaged with a 1\11'. Hutchinson, a wholesale
merchant, with whom he remained a number of
years. Having hecome well versed in the whole-
sale grocery business with these gentlemen, :Mr.
\rthUl'.;;. in company with 1\11'. .John Boyd. form-
ed tlIP firm of Boyd & Arthurs, and engaged in
bu::;iness. On the dissolution of this firm 1\11'.
Arthurs formed a partIlf'rship with the late .John
Smith. and carried on a wholesale gro('ery busi-
ness on \Yellington street ea
,t. continuing in this
('onne('tion uutil his rf>tirelllPnt from husines." in
18ï6.
In lR63 :\11'. Arthurs and 1Iiss Annie .Jane
_\ustin '\prp united in marriage. Mrs. Arthurs
was a daught('r of the late James and
usan
(Bright) Austin, pioneer settlers of T1ittle Yor1\.
now Toronto. '1'0
Ir. and 1\Irs. .Arthurs were
born three daughters, as follows: Ada. who mar-
ri<,d Victor Cawthra, of Toronto. and has one
daughter, Yi('toria Isobel 1\lirille; Helen Elma,
who is dereased; and 1\1argaret Georgina, who
married Sidney A. C. Green. decea.<;Ptl, and has
one daughter, Doris Margaret. 1\11'. Arthurs was
a consistent memb('r of the old Knox Presbyter-
ian (,hurch, while 1\1rs. Arthurs is a member of
the Anglican Church. Fraternally, 111'. Arthurs
wa.,> connectpd with the l\lasoni(' order.
AUSTIN. The Austin family is also of Irish
extracti'Ûn, and was founded in Canada by John
Austin, the father of James Austin, and grand-
father of 11rs. Arthurs. .John Austin eame to
Canada in lR
8, and settled ahout Ì\wnty-two
miles from Toronto, where he took up a tract
of land, and her(' he and his wife spent the re-
mainder of their lives. Their family, all of whom
were born in Ireland, were: John, Mary, Wil-
liam, Thomas, and James. It is with James Aus-
tin's business career that we are espeeially inter-
e.<;ted. IIe was born in Ireland in 1814. anù was
but a -laù of si'deen years when his parl'llts
settled in the forests of Ontario. Here he grew
to manhood, and at the same time laid th(' foun-
dation for a progressive business life. He wa,:;;
partly edueated in Ireland, and when quite
:mung engaged as a elerk with William Lyon
l\Taekmzie. in the printing business. During this
tinu
.Mr. Austin attended ewning 5('hool in To-
ronto. and thereby acquired a liberal education,
which, with his largl' amount of natural ability,
made him one of the leaders in financial circles
of his day in Canada.
Mr. Austin began business on his own aceount
in eompany with the late Patrick Foy, under the
firm name of Foy & Austin, wholesale and retail
grocers. Later }Ie entered into finance so con-
tinuing until his death in 1897. With' the late
lIon. .fohn Ross, he was the founder of the Do-
minion Bank, and it was he who conceived and
was instrumental in putting into effect the city
Branc.h Banking System of ('anada. Besides
these interests, he was president of the Consum-
eIT.' Gas Company. North of Scotland Canadian
D
ortgage Company, Queen City Fire Insurance
Company. and for many years was identified
with many other busine
.;; interests of the city.
In lRG5
lr. Austin pUl'ehased a beautiful tract
of land on the north sidc of Dctvenport road,
which is known as the "Spadina Property."
Here 1)(' built his home. and also the one now
owned by his daughter. 1lrs. Arthurs. On the
death of
11'. Austin. tlw property was divided
hetween 1Il'.
.
\rtlmrs and her hrother. Albert
William. he taking the family homestead. which
is still known as tlIP "Spadina Property." The
.\rthurs phwe is known a." "Ravenswood," and
is one of the most heautiful spots in Ontario,
oH>rlooking. HS it dot's. the ('ity of Toronto and
Lake Ontario. nnd in a el('ar atmo.;;phere may
1)(' seen the spray that rises from Niagara Falls.
In 18....-1- :\11'. Austin was united in marriage
with :\Iiss Susan Bright. "ho was born in To-
ronto in May. 1817, and died Feb. 21. 1907. She
wa." a daughter of \Villiam Bright. a pioneer
of Toronto. a reeorù of whose family will be
found elsewhere. To 1\11'. and 111'.;;. James Austin
were born five children. three sons and two
daughters. as follows: \nni(' .JaIlf'. who married
lieorge Allan
\.rthurs; Margaret Louise. who
married ('01. \ViUiam .Joice, of England. by
whom she had onc son. (,harles Albert (deceas-
ed); Charles Gl'orge. who died when fourteen
r
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years old; James Henry, whose death occurred
in 1894; and Albert William. the present resi-
dent of the old homestead, who married Mary R.
Kerr. and has had six rhildren: May (deceased) ;
James Percival.
\dele :\Iary, Albert Edison,
Anne Kathleen, and Constånce Margaret.
1\1. B. J.A.CK::;O
has for nearly forty-three
years been clerk of the Crown and Pleas at Os-
goode Hall, Toronto. During this time the en-
tire personnel of Osgoode Hall has changed, Mr.
Jackson being the only man now found on duty
at this seat of legal talent and learning who was
there in 1864. lIe was born in County Wexford,
Ireland. in 18;H. son of Benjamin and Anne
(Tuthill) Jarkson.
About 1831 Benjamin Jackson came to Can-
ada, locating in Brantford, and in 1836 his fam-
ily joined him. From Brantford Mr. Jackson
removed to Sydenham, County of Peel, and then
to Toronto, where he died in i852, at the age of
sixty years. His widow passed away two years
later, in her sixty-second year, and they are both
buried in St. James' cemetery. Benjamin Jack-
son served as an officer during the Rebellion of
1837-8. Of his children, but two, 1\I. B. and
Mrs. .J. B.
lcKay, are living.
1\1. B. J arkson was educated in Brantford and
at The Toronto _\rademy. Toronto. and after
leaving the latter read law with the late Hon.
Rtf'phf'n Richard. He was called to the Bar in
1855, and at once went into a partnership with
his former prereptor. which rontinued until
;\larch 23. 1864. when
lr. Jackson was appointed
clerk of tllf' ("ro\\n and Pleas by the Hon. ,John
Sandfield :;\lacdonald. a position he has abl.\' filled
to the present timf'. a period of nearly forty-three
years.
In 186b !\II'. J al.kson and .:\Iiss Claire E. CuU
were united in marriage. 1\1rs. Jackson was born
in Toronto, a daughter of John A. Cull, an early
settler of that city. '1'0 this unIon have been
born: Misses 1\'ora and Rosalie, of 'roronto; M.
R.. of ,!,oronto. a member of the class of 1906. of
1\1cGill University. where he took thl' British As-
sociation medal; Philip T.. B.Sc.. :\Ic.Gill Uni-
veI'Sity, class of 190-1. in which institution he
was demonstrator in 190-1 and 190,) ; 1Iisses
Lucie and Gladys. :\11'. and
Irs. .Jac'kson are
members of the Church of England. Mr. Jack-
son is a meml)f'r of the La\\"' Ro(.if't.... of Turonto.
The offices now occupied b."
\Ir. J
wkson are
those in which he first took up the duties of his
position. Sinre assuming those duties in 1864
up to the winter of 1906-7. he was detained from
his office by sirkness for only a period of three
weeks-a very remarkable record. His whole
life has been given unreservedly to his profession,
and he is onf' of the most highly f'Steemed gen-
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tlemen of the Queen City. Although past his
three score years and ten, he is enjoying the best
of health, and is sound in body and mind.
STUART SCOTT, l\I.D., a leading physician of
Newmarket, York County, who has held various
positions of trust and responsibility in this lo-
cality, and who has been for twenty-two years
coroner of York County, was born in Northum-
berland County, Ont., Feb. 26, 1860, son of Jo-
seph S, and Mary (IrL'ih) Scott, natives of that
county, the former born in July, 1829, and the
latter April 1, 1832.
Mary (Irish) Scott was the daughter of Peter
and Elizabeth (Stanton) Irish, the former, who
was born in 1801, coming to Canada when a boy.
He was an orphan, and made the trip to this
country alone when he was eleven years old. The
Stantons were Scotch. Joseph Scott, the Doc-
tor'8 father, was the son of Reuben and Mary
(Keeler) Scott, natives of Massachusetts, who
came to .Korthumberland County at an early day.
Reuben Scott was a millwright, and also engaged
in sawmilling, and he and his wife died at
C'olborne, that county. They were Methodists in
religious belief, and were the parents of these
I'hildren: Reuben, James, Joseph, Mary, wife of
one Abbott; Jane, wife of a 1\11'. Jones, of Penn-
sylvania.
Dr. Joseph S. Scott, father of our subject,
studied medicine at the Queen's College, King-
ston. and settled at Gananoque, where he prac-
tif'ed his profession until his death. Feb. 4, 1876.
Hf' married in April, 1855, Mary Irish, who died
in 1888. She was well educated, and for a num-
ber of years was a teacher in the public schools,
a,<; wf'll as a music teacher and artist. They were
1Iethodists in religion. In politics Dr. Joseph
.
f'ott WHS a staunch Reformer. Their only
('hild was Dr. Stuart. our subject.
Dr. Stuart Scott was educated in the public
and high !;whools of Gananoque, and the Model
sl'hoo1. and afterward engaged in teaching for
three yem'S. At the end of that time he entered
Trinity Fniwrsity. Toronto, from which he was
graduated in 1885. He located at Lloydtown,
York County. where he practised medicine four
years. In 1889 the Doctor located in Newmarket,
where he ha.<; followed tllf' practice of his pro-
fession to the prf'Sent time. being very success-
ful. The Doctor is a skilled physician, and has
tlIP f'onfidence and esteem of the entire commun-
ity.
Dr. Reott was married Feb. 24, 1886, to Miss
T...ïzzie Dunn, born in Northumberland County,
daughter of Jonathan and Lydia Dunn, a Quak-
er family of that county. 1\1rs. Scott was edu-
rated in the school
of Trenton, and later gradu-
atf'd from tllf' Pickering ColIegf'. .!\Irs. Scott's
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ll\'lEl\'IORA TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECOR D
parents had these children: Lizzie, Mrs. Scott;
Lelia, deceased; l\Iattie, deceased; Audra, wife of
Perry S. Corl, of Riverside, Cal.; Alexander, a
farmer of Northumberland County; Lloyd, a
druggist, of ::\lontrea1.
Dr. and l\Irs. Scott have one son, Douglas. born
at Lloydtown. Jan. 22, 1888, who is now a stu-
dent in the high school of Newmarket. The
Doctor and his wife are members of the 1\letho-
dist Church. In political principles Dr. Scott is
a Reformer, and he has been a member of the
school board for eighteen years, and has served
as coroner of York County for the past twenty-
two years.
m
wded a part of the Canadian military conting--
pnt. lIe was colonel of the 36th Pppl battalion.
On April 26, 1870, Colonel Tyrwhitt was mar-
ried to Miss Emma Whitaker, a lady of English
birth, and daughter of the late Yen. Arf'hdea('on
Whitaker. The latter came to Toronto in 1851
to assume the duties of Provost of Trinitv Col
lege, and remained in that capacity untiÌ 1881,
a period of thirty years. lIe then returned to
England, and there dipd the following year.
His ",ife survived until 1898. and during that
time remained in England. Of their family. two
daughters live in C:mada, Mrs. Tyrwhitt and
:i'lrs. H. Leonix. of Barrie, whose husband suc-
ceeded Co1. T
'rwhitt as the member of Parlia-
ment from South Simcoe; two daughtc1'3 live in
England; one in California; and a son, Rev.
George H. 'Whitaker, lives in England. The
union of Colonel and ::\11'8. Tyrwhitt was blessed
with the following' children: Alice, Mrs. Arthur
icol. who has two children, KeIll1f'th and Ron-
aId; Elizabeth; Charlotte; .Arundel; Dorothy;
Gf"org-e Herbert: Richard. deceased. who marrie.j
Miss ::\lildred Graham, and was employed in the
Marine and Fisheries department at Ottawa j
Henry Percy. also del'eased: and Raymond. A
loyal son of the ('hurch of England, Co1. Tyr-
whitt always took great interest in churl'h work,
and materially assisted in building and rppair-
ing many ehurehes in his riding. lIe laid the
('orner-stone of Christ Chureh, Tottenham, in
Xovember. 1886. and the corner-stone of St.
(}porg-e's Church, .Alhwdale. Sept. 22, 1892. Hp
was askpd to lay t1w corner-stonc of Trinity
Chnrl'h. Bradford, when it was rebuilt after the
fire in 1900, but was unable to do so. A win-
dow in memory of him wa<; plal'ed in this churl'h
b
' the offil'pI'S and members of his regiment,
and a bell was also presented to it by the Con-
sprvative Association of South Simroe in his
memory. lIe was affiliatpd with two fraternal
ordf"rs. thp Orange Lodge and the Sons of Eng-
land, having an influential voice in the affairs
of ear'h. His death at his home in County Sim-
coe in 1900 deprived the county of an able ser-
vant and \'alnablp (.itizen. whose loss was dpeply
felt in both privah' and puhlil' cirelps.
COL. RICHARD TYRWHITT, M.P., whose
death June 22, 1900, brought to a dose a long
and honorable political career, ('overing over
eighteen years, during that period of service to
his 1'00lDtry, made a record for loyal, disinterested
and statesmanlike conduct of affairs, that re-
fterted credit bot.h upon 'himself and his constit-
uency. Of a family early identified with West-
ern Ontario, he was born in County Simcoe, Ont.,
Nov. 28, 1844, son of William and Elizaheth
(Armstrong) Tyrwhitt.
William Tyrwhitt came from Shropshire, Eng-
land, in 1836, and chose County Simcoe as his
place of aboùe, and there he married. There
were four children, namely: Richard, .T ohn and
William ITenry, all now deceased; anù
1argaret
Elizabeth, Mrs. Thomas Graham, of London,
Eng-land.
CoL Richard Tyrwhitt was given a sound pre-
paratory training in the Barrie high sl'hool, and
then was sent to France to complete his educa-
tion at Dinan. When he returned to Canada he
made farming his nominal vocation, and settled
on a fine place in f'ounty Simcoe, but his atten-
tion was by no means eonfined to agricultural
pursuitR. An adhf'rent of the f'o\lsprvativp
party, IlP soon began to manifest an adive in-
terest in politil'al matters, and became in time
a man of marked influence in his section of the
Province. In 1882 he was elected a represpnta-
tive in the Dominion Parliament, from
outh
Simcoe, and served that constituency continu-
ously from Ihat time until his death, pighteen
years later, a rel'ord which showed indisputably .\RCnln
\LD YOC\O. who died in Toronto
the estimation in whieh his political talents and in October. 188!). was born in Lanark township.
services were held by those whom he reprpsented. in thp County of Perth. in 18:12. eldest son of
Thp influence of Colonel 'l'yrwhitt was no less Ard1ibald Young (2) and grallll,>on of Archi-
felt in the milit.ary cin'les than in the political. bald Young-.
and lw had seen actual service in both the Fen- Thp Y onng famil
', which I'OuntN Crusaders
ian Raid and the Northwest rpbeUion. In 1887 and Covenanters among its ancestry. is of Sf'ot-
he was sent to England in command of the Wim- tish extraction. and was foundpd in Canada in
bleton tl'am. and again in 1897, on the occa- 1820 h,\' Archibald Young. He settled in 1..an-
Rion of the .Tubilpe, to celebrate the sixtieth an- ark township. County Perth. later removing- to
niversar,\' vf Qupcn Yiptoria's reign, he com- County Lambton, where he died in 1871. His
C'U)L\IK\lUR_-\.TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
son, Arehibald Young (2). the father of the sub-
jeet of this sketch, was born in ::;cotlalld, and
was but a hid of fourteen when bis parf'nts came
to
anada. His husinf'ss life began in Lanark,
and was continued from 1R39 to 1872 in Sarnia,
whf're for many years he was a gpneral merchant
and mill-owner; he \Va.<; one of the early wardf'ns
of the eounty. Later he went to Manitoba,
where he died in 1881. His wife was Helen Har-
vie, also a native of Scotland. and their !"hild-
ren besides Archibald were: .Janf'. wife of Wil-
liam 13. Clark, eldest son of the seiguf'ur of
BerthiC'l': :'IfHry. wif(' of the Rev. WiBiam Blain,
Presbyterian mini
ter; Helen, who first married
H. F. l\Iackenzie,
I.P., and subsequently \Vil-
liam Roy; Agnes, wife of the late Charles :\lac-
kenzif', )I.P.P.; Peter, postmastf'r of Lockport.
)lan.; \Villiam. town clerk of Selkirk 1\[an.;
and David, medicaL superintendent of the Asy-
hun for the Insane, Selkirk, .:\Ianitoba.
Archibald Young. eldest son of .Archibald (2),
was educated in Sarnia, and there engag('d in
mercantile pursuits. in which he continued for
many years, the larger part of his business life
being spent in that place. In 1877 hf' removed
to Toronto, where his death occurred. after
he had actively intf'rested himself in matters
pertaining to .:\lanitoba, espeeially in the Oreat
N"orthwest Central Railway.
In 1837 Archibald Young married l\Iiss Annie
\Vilson, spr'ond daughter of Joseph and Hannah
(Harding) \Vilson, both of whom were born in
180
. .Joseph \ViL<;on was a native of Gnys-
borough. England. and in 18:lO settled in ('an-
ada, where he engaged extensively in cahinet-
making. at the rorner of Yonge and Temperance
streets. Later hf' went to County LHmbton.
wherf' he bought land Hnd hecame factor to :\11'.
L. Talfourd. dying in 186;). III' and his wife
were originall
' members of St. J limes' parish,
but became
lethodists. In politirs he was a
strong Conservative. To 1\11'. and 1\[rs. Joseph
\ViL"on werf' horn thc following children: Rob-
ert. now of Saginaw. Michigan; Charles Hard-
ing, deceased; .Mary Catherine, widow of Ebe-
nf'Zf'r P. \Yatson, of 8arnia; Annie, Mrs. Y onnf!:
and Emily, widow of John R. Major, of Roek
Island, Illinois.
:;\lrs. Young was born in 18:34. and is now liv-
ing at No. 524 Euclid avenue, Toronto. To her
and her hushanrl the following ('hildren were
born: Mary Helen, .Jane Harvie, Prof. .Arl'hi-
bald Hope, of Trinity Collpgp; Dr, WiL"on
Yates. of Toronto; Henry Bruce. Annie Hester,
Floren('e Emily, and Agnes l\lae!n'nzie.
Mr. Young wa" a member of the Presbyterian
Church, upon whose services he was a consist-
pnt attendant. In political opinion he was a
Reformer, furthering with his father, who re-
ï8
fused to stand himself, the candidature of the
Hon. G.eorge Brown against the lIon. I\Ialcolm
Cameron, anù, on 1\11'. Brown's withdrawaL from
l.JRmbton, that of the Hon. A. Mackenzip.
TREYOR R. O\\TEX, a gentleman living re-
tired at No. 8 Cawthra Square, Toronto, in his
earlier life an officer in the British army, was
born in 1847 in South WaIf's. 1\11'. Uwen and all
his family are members of the Church of Eng-
land. In politi!'!> he takes an independent stand.
']'UU)L\S P.ET.EI
PEARCE, who departed
thil:! life July 1-1. 1894. at Santa Barbara, Cali-
fornia. was born at Norwood, Unt., in 1843, son
of Peter Pearce, who came from England to
Canaùa, settling near Norwood. Thomas Peter
Pearce was educated at Norwood. He began
business on his own aceount at :\Iarmora, wbere
he engaged in the lumber and flour-milling busi-
npss, in which he was very successful. III' con-
tinued in this line, conduding his interests per-
sonally, until obliged by failing IlCalth to seek
rest, and in 18!I2 he moved from Belleville,
where he had lived for several years. and settled
in Toronto. Theuee he ",ent to California, be-
lieving that a I'hange of dimate would bf'tter his
health, and it was \\ hile there that he passed
away.
1\11'. Pearce was very prominent in politics, as
a member of the ConservatiVf' party, was a ll1pm-
bel' of the ('ounty council of County Hastings,
and warden of that county for many years. 'I' he
Conser,-ative party urged 1\11'. Pearce to acrept
Parliamentary honors. but his poor health caus-
ed him to de('line the offer. lIe was interested
in various busine
ent<:'rprises, at one time own-
ing the Cobourg, Peterboro & Harwooù Rail-
road, and was a storkholder in the l\Iail Printing
Company, of 'roronto. lIe was a man of relia-
bility and influenr'e, anù enjoYf'd the estpem of
all who knew him.
In 18fi9 .Mr. pparf'e married
Ii
.;; )Iargaret
Campion. daughtf'r of the late Col. William
Campion. who (.ame from England to Canada
and locatf'd at Lily Creek, where he died. Col.
.William Campion was for many years an agri-
culturist, and owned a fine farm near l\larmora.
upon which he died. l\lrs. Pearce wa.<; born at
Lily Creek. She now resides at No. 14 Pril1<'e
Arthur avenue, Toronto. in tIle home pllrr'haspd
by l\Ir. Pearce shortly bf'fore his death. To )11'.
and Mrs. Pearf'e were horn f'hildren as fo\\ows:
\VilIiam. of Toronto; Frank R. who with his
brother, IIenr." R.. is f'onducting thf' business
founded by tllf'ir fßtlwr at :Marmora; l\Iary A.,
and Ada n.
1\11'. PI'Hrl'!' was w'ry prominent in Masonic
(.irl'lps. II!' \Va<; HII adherent of the Methodist
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C01\1l\IEl\IORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
Church, Mrs. Pearce being a member of the
Church of England.
JOlIN 'I' AYLOR GIL1\IO CR, M.D., warden
of the Central Prison of Toronto. has been prom-
inently identified with the Province of Ontario
in various ways. Dr. Ciilmonr belongs to an old
familr of thp County of Durham, the first of
whom in Canada was Thomas Gilmour, a native
of the Emerald Isle, from which country he came
to the Dominion in the early part of the last
eentury, loeating on a bush farm in the County
of Durham, where he followed lumbering and
agriculture until his death, in 1850.
Thomas Gilmour (2), father of Dr. Gilmour,
was born in the County of Durham in 1825, and
for some time after reaching his majority en-
gaged in farming and contracting, following the
latter line in connection with the construction
of t.he Grand Tnmk railway, fur which hp. fur-
nished ties, timber, etc. In 1862 'rhoma" Gil-
l'lour went to British Columbia, and in 186:3 t.o
\Iaska, being one of the first white men to pros-
pect for gold in that country. He remain,'d
there and in the Pacific States until 1894, whpn
he returned to Ontario, settling at Toronto
.Junction, where he dieel in 1897. In 18
Thomas Gilmour married Jane Leet, of Clark
township. Mrs. Gilmour: who died in Augllst,
1905, was born in the Count
. of Durham in 1831,
and from 1894 until her decease was a r!:'sidellt
of Toronto Junction. In religious faith shl' wa,>
a l\Icthodist, as was her husband. who in poli-
tics adhered to the principle,> of the Reform
party. 1\11'. and Urs. Thomas Oilmour had four
children, two daughters and two sons, the latter
being John Taylor Gilmour, :\I.D.. and T. H.
Oilmonr. K.C., of Winnipeg.
.John Tayloe Gilmour "\\"(\S horn in the County
(If Durham in 185;). Hi
litel'ary training- was
received in the high school at Port Hope. where
he completed his course in un:j. after which he
taught in the public schools of his native county
for two years. He then turned his attention to
the study of medicine, and in 1878 was gl'adu-
ated with the degree of :M.D. from Trinity Medi-
cal College, Toronto. The Doctor at oncp began
the practice of his profession. his first field bein
in the township of King, County York. where lw
remained one year. He then returned to his
native county, where he continued to practise
for five years, at the end of that period remov-
ing' to Toronto Junction. which at that time
(1884) was not a separate municipality. Dr.
Gilmour was active in school matters and in
public affairs generally from the time of his
settlement at Toronto .Junction, which place be-
came a village in 1887, and a town in 1888.
In .June, 18R6, Dr. Gilmour was nominated by
the Reform party to contest West York for the
Ontario House, and notwithstanding the fact
that the riding was Conservative in both Houses
of Parliament, he received a handsome majoritv
over his opponent. At the next general election
in 1890, Dr. Gilmour was re-elected to Parlia:
ment from West York, his opponent being D. W.
Clendenan. In 1894 the Doctor was again ten-
IIered Parliamentary 'honors. but declined. In
1890 Dr. Gilm()ur seconded the address the
mover of which was the late Charles 1\rack
nzie
of Sarnia. a brother of the late Alexander Mac:
kenzie, Premier of Canada. While in Parlia-
ment Dr. Gilmour had charge of the bills which
incorporated the first electric railways in the
Count.... of York-the Metropolitan, the City &
uburban and the Mimico railways. He also
had chargp of the bills for the inc
rporation of
the towns of North Toronto and Toronto Junc-
tion. While thus serving W est York the Doc-
tor did not forget his home, Toronto Junction,
into the history of which his life is interwoven.
He was ehairman of the first high school board
of the place, which board was elected in 1891.
1 )1'. Gilmour established, and for one year edited,
the first ncwspaper-tlw York Tribullc-at To-
ronto Junction. which paper is now one of the
wl'll-establislwd sheets of York County.
rll 1KKJ Dr. nilmour was appointed surgeon
of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company,
which position he filled until rctiring from the
practice of medicine. in 1894. In 1894, after
declining Parliamentary honors, the Doctor was
appointed registrar for the C'ounty, a position
hc filled until 18%. when he was requested by
the goyernment to take charge of the Central
Prison of Ontario, situated at Toronto, to ac-
('cpt which incumlwncy he resigned the office of
registrar.
Since assuming the duties of warden of the
('entral Prison Dr. Gilmour has taken an active
part in le
Ôslation for the betterment of the
eriminal cla!';s, and it WHS partly due to his ef-
forts that th!:' "Tieket of Leaye Act" for the
Dominion of Canada was passcd, becoming a
law in 1899. Dr. Gilmour is a member of the
Xational Prison A
"ociation. and at the Con..
!!re,;s hdd at Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. in
1902, he was made secretary {)f the "Wardens' As.
sociation. At the Congress hcld in Louisville,
Kentucky, thl' following year, he was elected
President of that association. "When it is under-
stooel that this congress is composed of about four
hundred members, of whom but ten Or twelve
are Canadians, his selection aR the president
was certainly a compliment to Canada, and a
testimonial of the hi
h appreciation of the abil-
ity of Warden Gilmour.
Dr. Oilmour has been twicC" married, his first
,
'-
. f/; . :
. .. .
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CO:\UIE:\IORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
wife being :Miss Emma Hawkins, of Canton, near
Port Hope, who died in 1886, leaving two chil-
dren: Charles II., a physician at Toronto, now
;10lding a prominent position with the Can-
adian Northern Uailway Compan;y, and l\Iiss
:Enuna H., of Toronto. In 1889 Dr. Gilmour
was united in marriage with )1argaret Edgar,
daughter of the late John Edgar, of Toronto
and Brantford. Dr. and
1rs. Gilmour are
members of the )1ethodist Church. The Doctor
is a past master of .Mimico Lodge, No. 369, A.F.
& .A.l\l., of Lambton l\Iills, and is also a mem-
ber of the A.O.H.1\". and of a number of the
leading clubs.
JA:\IES FREDERICK PATERSON, whose
death occurred in Toronto in 1896, was a native
of the Queen City, born in 1843, son of Peter
.and Hannah (Wilson) Paterson.
:\11'. Paterson's education was received at the
rpper Canada College, and after his graduation
he turned his attention to the banking business.
For some time he was mana
r of the Imperial
Rank, of Toronto, and. after leaving that lllsti-
tution, "\"ent into the brokerage business, in
which he was engaged at the time of his death.
In 18ïl :\11'. Paterson and Miss Florence Isabel
l\IcCarth;y, daughter of D'Alton :McCarthy, wPr
united in marriage. :\11'. :McCarthy, who was a
well-known barrister of Barrie, Ont., was
)orn
in Ireland in 180!. son of Bucknall :McCarthy.
D 'Alton :\IcCarlhy settled in Barrie about lö!ö,
1:nd for many years was one of the most prom-
ineut barristers of that portion of the count
.
lIe prepared for law in Ireland, and had prac-
tised his profession in Dublin before coming to
Canaùa. l\Ir. :McCarthy married Zina Hope
Ianners. a native of Edinburgh. and they had
children: (1) Buclmall, served in the Royal
avy. (2) D'Alton. K.C.. for some time a mem-
ber of Parliament for ::çorth Simcoe, was one
of the leading- politicians of the day. He was at
onp time tendered the premiership of Canada
JJ
' the Consef\"atiw par"ty. hut declined the
honor. He married Emma Katharie Lally, by
whom he had children, Ethel Reda and D 'Alton
Lally. (3) His Honor, Thomas .Anthony Mait-
land :\IcCarthy was Judge of the County of Dnf-
ferin. (4) .Julia .Ann Hope married .Tohn II.
Hornsby. (5) Annie Katharine Hope is un-
married. (6) Clara :Matilda Hope (deceased)
was the wife of His IIonor .Tudg-e Edward "l\fOl'-
gan. of the County of York (7) Clara Mait-
land Hope. (R) Dr. .Tohn. (9) II. B. (10)
Flor('n('e Isahpl b<.>('am<.> :\Trs. Pêlterson.
To Mr. and Mrs. J. Frederick Pat.Prson the
following children bave been born: Percival Le
:\Tessieur. of Sarnia, is in the lumber business;
Fr('(lerid
D 'Alton Norman is in the Impelial
ï5
Bank at Toronto, and has t\\ 0 daughters. Bev.
f:'rley and
orma; Florence Lillian is the wire
of R. William l\Iillichamp, of Toronto; and
Emilie Francis married George E. Gooderham,
of Toronto, and has one daughter, Florence El-
kn. l\Ir. Paterson was a member of the Church
of Emdand, to the faith of which :ì\Irs. Pa
r-
'SOli also adheres. In politics he was a Con-
servative.
HEE:;OR. This family name, which is spelled
in G<.>rman Reiser, is a very old one. Families
J)l'aring till' name are mentioned in German his-
tories of the early Reformation, as residing jn
FrmH'onia and
",itzerland, belonging to the
merchant class and ('ity burghers, and connected
with the German 'Yaldenses as early as the
fourteenth century. One, Frederick Reiser. son
of Conrad Reiser, born in 1401, was a \Valden-
Sl'nn Bishop and did much to keep together, by
his te<whing, the scattered communities of his
Ill'ethren. He suffered martyrdom at Stras-
hurg in l!:)H. An anonymous writing, which
had an influence On the Protestant Reforma-
tion. Imown as "The Reformation of the Em-
peror Sjgismund," is claimed by some historians
to haw been written by him.
The Canadian and {Tnited States branch of
the family trace their descent to Peter Risser,
or Heiser. who was born in 1713. was a ruin-
j"ter of tilt' :\rennonite Church and of '3wiss
dl'scent. His parl'nts left Switzerland On ac-
count of religious persecution, for Rhenish Ba-
,'aria. and from th<.>re five brOthers of the fam-
il,\' emigrat<.>d to
\merica. The first to '
ome
O\'er were rIrich and Jacob in 1729. John fol-
lowed in 17;
8. and the last two, Philip an, 1 the
IlhoY<' named Peter. landed at l'hiladelphÜl in
1 ï:1!). All of them s<.>tt!ec} in Lancast
r County,
J>ennsylnmia. Peter's home b<.>in
in the north-
l'1'll pm't of thp county near the village of M:il-
1hn GroW'. ahont twenty miles so,1th cast of Har-
J'is}nu'g'. Ifp carried on the husinpss of farming
und milling. His dwelling- hOll.'3e was a two-
story stone huilding, \\ ith pitched roof built in
the Colonial style and haying an archerl cpllar.
Thc huilding is very pi('turesquf" and is now
(ownpd and o('('upied hy .Ta('ob O. Risser. the
!::r<.>at-gTandson of the original owner. Peter llnd
his wife Elizabeth had ten ('hi1drell. two of wÌlom
were born in Germany. 'l'heir names and dates
of birth are as follows: Esther, 1737; John,
17:19; C'atharine. 1741: Elizabeth, 1743; Bar-
bara, 174!): Christian (the Canadian ancestor),
1747 (died 1R06); Peter. 1750 (died in lR41);
Abraham, 17:ï3 (di<.>d lR23): 1Iag-dalene, 175F\;
and Jacob. 1764 (died 183!J).
Christian Risser marri<.>d FranCl'S Detwiler, of
Lancast('r connty. Pennsylvania, and resided
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CO:\DIEMOR.\.TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
t.here until thc
'ear 1i86, when he and his
brothel', Abraham, with their wives and children,
moved to Franldiu County, same State, and took
up farms adjoining each other, and about five
miles north of Cha.mbersùurg. Christian re-
mained there until the
'ear 180-1, when ('wing
to unfair trcatment of :'\on-Associator;;;. to which
party he belonged, by the Revolutionary party,
he decidpd to come to Canada, and in the same
Year he set out for Canada with his wife ;lnd
ix children, arriving in Canada in the fall. and
f,pttling- in the eastern part of the township of
:\farkham. lIe did not long enjoy his new home.
for two years after, in 1806, he met with nn ac-
('idcnt, a'tree falling upon him while he wa..;; !!Ìv-
ilL!! dircctions m felling timber, to whi('h he SlIC-
cU;:llùed. lIe left surviving his widow and six
children, namely: Petpr, John. Elizaheth, Bar-
bara, Abraham and Christian. In the sPl'on-'l
generation after the settlement of the family in
Canada. the name of Hisser heca.m( (,)lang'''d to
its present form of Reesor, while in the
tates
the family IJranch retain the old torm of Risser.
\ 1) Ppter Repsor, eI(lest son of Christian, the
Canadian ancl'stor, was horn Del'. 2:>. Iii:>. lIe
narri('d Elizaheth Erh. and his home was at
('('dill' nl'O\"l'.
\ t the timc his father died he be-
('mm'- mtitled, as d(kst sOn. to thc whole of his
fatllPr's lands, bcing the sole heir at law, uuder
the Primogeniture Act, his father having died
without a will. Instead of claiming the whole
pstate. he at once divided it cquaJ1y hetween the
hl'othprs and sisters to carry out his parent's
wish. lIe died at Cedar Orove.
ov. 16, 18,J-!,
in the seventy-ninth year of his age, IIml had
ten ehildrpn, namely: Christian. France8. ./olm,
ElizalJeth. Esther, Peter. Anna Maria, .\bra-
ham, Samuel and Josephus, all of whom except
the el(lest son, Christian, married and had ('hil-
lh'en. Christian, when a young man, paid a visit
to the Southern States, and whil" there died of
,ellow fever. His bodv was hrought to Canada
;tnd huried in the fam'ily bUl'ying ground. AU
the other children are d('ad, exeept thc yonng-
cst. Josephus, who is living retired. now over
ninety y<,ars of age. The third child. Rpv. Jolm
Reesor. wa!'> a minister of the l\f<,nnonite Church
at Cedar Grove, and his son, Christian. is the
prescnt .minisÌl'r there.
(2) .John Reesor. the second son of Christian,
resided north of Cedar Grove and <,ast of I\lark-
ham village. lIe married Anna Grove, and had
issue, the following- children, namely: Fran('es.
Elizaheth, f'hristian G., Simeon, Barbara, John
G., Anna. Jaf'ob, P<,ter, Esther, ::\fary. Samuel,
:Magdalen<" Benjamin G., .Tesse G. and Ahraham.
all of whom e'{cept Benjamin G. and Jesse G.
are now deceased. Benjamin G. resides at Mount
.Toy, a retired farmer; Jesse G. has his home at
St. .Joseph's Island, wherc he holds several pllb-
]ic offices and is ODC of the most prominent. and
enterprising farmers on the islaml. All of the
above children married and had f'hildren, ilnd
their descendants number several hundred.
(3) Elizabeth Hepsor, the tIlÌrd child of
Christian. married Abraham Stouffer. It is from
his name that the village of Stouffville takl:'s iV:
name. 'fhe
' had issuc six children, namdy:
Christian, Ahraham, John. .Jacob. Elizabeth :m(l
Prances.
(4) Barbara Reesor, fourth child of Christian,
manied a :\Ir. Gamble. and had issue one !ion,
who married Marie
\ntoinette Fr,wklyn, of )Iid.
tileton, .Kew York, and left issue.
(5) Abraham, the fifth dÚld of Christian,
married his cousin Anna. Detwiler. His home
was south of :\Iarkham village. then called Eec-
sorvi1le. IIe died in 1831, leaving surviving'
him his "idow and six children, namely: (1)
Christopher, born :\Iay 18, 1816, married 11iss
Margaret Armstrong, a sister of the late \Yil-
liam Armstrong, of )Iarkham. lIe resided in
Concession 10. of l\farkham, whpre he carri<'d
on farming-. His death oceurl'l,<-1 1\0". "27. 1.'ì46.
(2) Jolm. born July I.'). 1818. resided at the
homestead on Lots i and 8. in Concession 8. of
:\larkham. He married, in 1843, Eliza Whitney.
daug-htpr of the late Henry Whitncy, of New
Ross. Connty W ('xford, Ireland. who with his
hroth!:'r, Panl Fr('deJ'ick. eame to Canada m
IS31. .J ohn Rpcsor was depnty reevp of tho
township of lHarkham for till' years 18;)
anò.
18:í:>: president of the Markham & Sf'31'horoug-h
Plank Hi'ad Company: ('hnr('h warden anI lily
delcgate of Grac( Church for many years; and
WfiR OIl!' of thc s('hool trustees. He was en-
gaged in the husincss of mi1ling and fal'ming.
He died ln Octoher, ISHI. and his wiff' dhl in
.Jnly. 18ßR. (3) Fanny. horn .Tan. 15. 18"21,
marricd .Joseph .Tames. latp of the township of
Vauerhan. Hc was a well-known farmer oLthat
tow
hip and a member of the \Vi1lowdalf' Nh.th.
odist (,hurch. H(' was one of th(' most uprig-ht
and hiddv est.eemed residents of thl' township.
(4) n
n.'Dmrid, horn .Tan. 10. 182:3, wa.s ,odu-
cated at till' privatp sf'hool of SiJ)l'lair n"l(kn
of the vi1lage of ;\Ial'kham. \\"hl're his hrot'hf'l"I
and many of the carl.y rpsirlents attpllfkd. 1'his
Sinclair Úolden f'arri
d on a drugg-ist's business
after h(' gave up the school. and waR also a 10f'a1
preurher in the )fpthodist. Chnr('h. After nnish-
in er at Rin('lair Holdl'n's sl'hool lIon. David
R
sor was supplied with a private tutor. Tn
1860 he was elected for and represented King-A
Divisi()n in the IJegislative f'o\mcil from lRßO
until conferleration. whrn he was called to thp
Renate in ]Rß7. III' was appointed jnsti('e of
th(' peaf'e in 1R4R, and Lif'utpnllnt (,olon..\ in
CO:
Il\IE
IORATIVE BIOGK\THICAL RECORD
í7
the Heserves. lIe was for man) years a mem-
her of the township council and was chosen
warden of the county in 1860. In lS:)G he
started the Markham Economist and editeli it
for man)' years. lIe was pl'e!'idl'nt of the Bast
Riding of York Agricultural Society, and helped
to promote the St. Lawrence Bank and the To-
ronto & Xipissing- Railway, no,", the Midland,
Hnd the Whitb)' & Georgian Ba)- Tele
raph
Company. III' died April 26, 1902, at RosPlble,
Tm'outo, leaving his widow, Emily l.Iacdongall
(\\.ho is a sister of the late Hon. William Mac-
dougall) and five children. His widow, Emily
Reesor, still l'esides at the home in Rosellale.
(.')) Xanl'y, born April 4, lS2ï, is still living.
he married Henry R. Corson, of )Iarkham,
editor of the l\Iarkham Ji:co II omist. :Mr. Corson
acted as clerk of the township for many years,
is a notary public and issuer of marriage licen-
ses. He belongs to a well-known family of
Huguenot deSf'el1Ì. (6) Peter, born Aug. 5,
1829, as a young man attended a college at
'Yashington, D.C. He acted as a law convey-
ancer, and for some y!'ars assisted his brother
in tllP management of a cheese factory. He died
in 1883, unmarried. Besides the abo\-e chil-
ùrell. Abraham Heesor had two step children,
who married 1\\0 \vell.known and prominent
l'esidents of the township, namely, Chauncey
Crosby and Archibald Barker: the former was
a justice of the peace and father of the late
Hugh Powell Crosby, l\I.P.P. for the east ridin
of York for many years. The latter was also
a justice of the peace and as the senior magis-
trate of the county usually presided at thc
Quarter Sessions in Toronto. He was post-
master of the village for .many years anil took
a prominent part in the early days in the coun-
cils of the Home District and afterward in the
county councils. He was a Conservativc in poli-
tics and was a strong opponcnt of the lIon.
Daviil Rf'esor in all politif'al contests. He was
also one of the first trustees of the l\'[arkham
grammar school, at which some of his chililren
were e(h1f'ated. One of his sons, Peter l\1. Rar-
ker, is a graduate of thf' University of Toronto,
and afterward entered the Ipg-al profrssion: he
now resides at Edmonton.
(6) Christian Rf'rsor, the sixth and youngest
f'hild of Christian, resided at the old homestead.
He was born in Franklin county. Pennsylvania,
in 1793. He owned considrrable landed prop-
erty in the township. He was twice maITied. and
had ehildren by both marriages. He- died in
1877.
The living descendants of tllf' ahove named
six children of Christian, the first Canadian an-
cestor, are now estimatl'd to numher not lr"s than
nine hundrf'd. In 1904 a family !'eunion was
lwld at LlIl'ust Hill, on their ance,>tors' old home-
teaù, .to celebrate the one hundredth annivers-
ary of the settlement in Uanada, at which about
five hundred descendants attended. Some of the
more prominent living descendants of thf' fam-
ily, bearing the surname of Reesor, residing in
tlw County of York, are as follows:
(1)
\.braham Reesor carries on milling and
farming at Altona. He is a son of Noah Re<,"or.
!!randson of Rcv. John, and great-grands,m of
Peter, eldest son of Christian, the first Canadian
:mcestor.
(2) Andrew Reesor is a prosperous farmer
1md owner of Lot 3, 9th Conces
ion, Markham.
lIe is a son of Peter, grandson of Peter, eldest
son of Christian, the original ancestDr. He mar-
ried a Miss Raymer. His post office is Cedar
Orove.
(3) Albert Rcesor is owner. with his brother,
of one of the larg-est creameries in the county.
He attended Guelph Agricultural College, tak-
ing a special course. II e is a son of Christian
and grandson of Christian, the original an('estor.
He married Miss Bertha Pike, daughter of
I ohn
Pike. His post office address is Ilopust Hill.
(4) Abraham II. Reesor, a retired farmer, .is
now residing' at :\fount Joy. He is a broth;>r of
thc above named .\ndrew Reesor. He was mar-
ried twice, his first wife being a sister of ,John
Pike, and his sl'cond a daughter ()f the late T. P.
White, of Whitevale.
(5) Benjamin B. Reesor is a son of Rev. John
Reesor, and brother of Rev. Christian Reesor, of
the Mennonite Church. Ill' married a daughter
of John Hoover, and is nOw a retired 'farmer.
His post office is Cedar Grove.
(6) Benjamin F. Reesor is a son of the late
:->amuel Reesor of Cedar Grove. and grandson
of Peter, the eldest son of Christian, the an-
restor. For some years he was engaged in the
milling business at his father's home, and ;lfter-
ward at Ne\\market. He served several years
in the municipal council as reeve and deputy
reeve. He is now an electrical engineer, has
put in plants for the electric lighting ()f several
towns, and was chosen president of the SOf'iety
of Electrical Engincf'rs. He is at present en-
gaged in installing an elpf'tric plant for Owen
ound, and has also the management of the
power works at Fplwlon Falls in connection
with the lightin!.!' of IJindsay. where he now re-
sides.
(7) Benjamin G. RcesOl' is a retired farmer
living at Mount Joy, and is a son of John Ree-
sor and grandson of Christian, the oriv.inal
r.neestor. He married a Miss Cook.
(8) Benjamin H. Rpcsor is a son of the above
named Benjamin B., and is the owner of I.Jot 3,
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C01DIE1IORATIVE BIOGK\..PHICAL RECORD
11th Conce!',sion. He is married and carries on
farming. His püst office is Cedar Grove.
(9) Christian "Reesor is a son of Rev. John
Reesor, and is minister of the Mennonite Church
at Cedar Grove. On account of his age he has
turned the management of his farm over to his
son, Thomas.
(10) Colin D. Reesor carries on the bus.iness
of milling at the homestead of his father, the
late Samuel Reesor. who died in 1901. :3umuel
was a son of Peter Reesor, the eldest son of Chris-
tian, and was born in 1817. He was one of the
most prosperous and wealthy farmers in the
township, and was much respected by aB his
neighbors for his kindly and neighhorly acts.
lIis charity extended beyond his oWn home. He
gave liberally to the Hindoo missions of his
Church, and at the time the Hussian 1Iennon-
ites settled in l\Ianitoba he became surety for
the payment of the advances made them by the
government of Canada. Colin D., his ddest
son, is married and his post office addn'ss is
Cedar Grove.
(11) David Reesor is a son of Christopher
Reesor and grandson of Abraham and nephew
of Hon. David Reesor. He resides in th
10th
Concession on his father's old farm. lIe' mar-
ried Jane Miller. daughter of the late (ícorge
Iiller, \\ho was one of the first to import pedi-
greed stock into the Province. lIe enQ'aged in
large farm and stock operations in the early
days of the settlement of Manitoba, alHt has
traveled f'xtensively in both America anù
Europe. He is prominent in stock raising' and
in all farming- matters.
(12) David A. I
eesor is a son of Noah Ree-
sor, and grandson of Rcv. .John Reesor. He
is engaged in farming, and hi", post office is
Cedar Gro\'e.
(13) Elias Reesor is a retired farmer residing
at Stouffville. He is a son of Peter G. Reesor,
and grandson of John Reesor. He married Miss
Burkholder.
(14) Flavius Rcesor is a son of 13. 13. Reesor
and grandson of Rev. John Reesor. He carries
on farming near Cedar Grove and there rf'ceives
his mail.
(15) Frank A. Reesor carries on farminO' on
Lot 10, Concession 9, Markham. He is a'"' son
of the late AIJraham B. Reesor. and g-randson
of John G. lIe married Miss Àrmstr
ng, only
daughter of William Armstrong. His post of-
fice is Locust Hill.
(16) Frederick Augustus Reesor, son of John
Reesor and grandson of Abraham, was born in
1844, and was educated at the Markham gram-
mar sphool under E. T. Crowle, and at the Uni-
versity of Toronto, class of 1867. Durin
his
course he took honors in mathematics and ob-
tained a scholarship and a medal. lIe after-
ward entered a bank. and has been manager of
the Markham branch of the Standard Bank for
thirty-three ;rears, having but lately retired.. He
has been warden and lay delegate of Grace
Church for many year's, secretary and treasurer
üf the village lihrar.\' and school trm;tee.
Ile married Catharine Bain, daughter of [{ev.
James Bain, late of Scarborough, and sister of
the late John Bain, K.C., of Toronto. He re-
centl
' mo\'ed to Ottawa which is his present
post omcc addrcss.
(Ii) Frederick E. Reesor is a son of Chris-
tian Reesor and a brother of Albert Reesol'. and
with his brother owns the Locust Hill Creamery.
He is married to a daU!
.hter of Anthon
' Foste"r,
ex-warden of the county. His post office is Lo-
cust Hill.
(It)) Frederick K. Reesor is a son of Petey'
Reesor, late of Cedar Grove, and grandson of
Peter, who was the eldest son of Christian. lIe
received his education at the Markham gram-
lllar school. He has always taken a great in-
terest and prominent part in municipal affairs,
and has been reeve and deputy reeve of the
township for many years, and was warden of
the county. For some years he was engaged in
farming- and milling. and afterward took up the
business of insurance becoming connected with
the Standard :\Iutual Fire Insurance Company
and acted as inspector. lIe married Miss u
-
Creight. He now resides in Toronto, and his "on
carries on tht' milling business in ::\Iarkham.
(19) George Reesor carries on farming on
Lot 14, ('onpession 7, :\Iarkham. lIe is a son
of Josephus, deceased, and grandson of Peter
Reesor. His post office is :Markham.
(20) George E. Reesor, of Toronto, is a son
of Samuel Reesor: late of Cedar Grove, and
brother of Colin D. and Benjamin F. He re-
sides in Toronto and is engagc
1 in the business
of butter and creamery manufacture.
(21) George -Walter Reesor is a son of John
Reesor, and grandson of Abraham, and was
born in 1849. He married a Miss Flewry. a
niece of the late Ex-Warden Flewry, of Kew-
market, and has been engaged in milling and i"
now a general merchant in :\Iarkham villaQ'('. He
has for several years been chosen warden of the
Eng-1ish Church. lIe is president of the Publil'
Lihrm';\', and has also J1f'ld many other offires
and takes part in all muniripal affairs.
(22) Herman C. Reesor is a son of Benjamin
13. Reesor and grandson of Rev. John Reesor,
Jatf' of Cedar Grove. He married a Miss Burk-
holder, and is a prosperous farmer. His post
office addres'3 is Cedar Grove.
(2
) Henry Arthur Reesor is a son of John
and grandson of Abraham Reesor, and nephew
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\L RECORD
79
of the late ::3enator Rt't'sor. III' was born in
1847, and educated at the :\1arkham grammar
school and Toronto Cniversity. He rel'eived
his dt'gree of B.A. in l
ïO. He then .:;tudied
for the legal profession and was called to the
Bar in Hilary term, 187-1. He became a partner
of the late J ud
e :\1aekenzie, in whose office he
had studied. and has ever since practised ln the
same firm and its successors on Toronto <;treet,
the names of the firm being .:\1ackenzie. Dela-
mere & RI:'t'sor, Delamere & Reesor. Delmllere,
Reesor, English & Ross. and at prt'sent i.... Dela-
mere, Reesor & Ross. The office is at
lJ. 18
Toronto stt'eet. 1\11'. Reesor holds a certificate
of the Military School, and he served four vears
in the Queen's Own and retired as lieutenant in
the York Rangers in 1874. He married
1iss
Frances L. Fowler, daughter of D. Fowler, R.
C.A., late of the "Cedars," Amherst Island.
(24) Ht'nry B. Reesor is a son of Chrisiian,
who was a son of John Reesor and grandson of
Christian, the original ancestor. III' was edu-
cated at the 1\1arkham grammar school. He
then engaged in the blL"iness of insurance. The
Standard l\Iutual Fire Insurance Company was
formed by him and for many years he \\ flS its
manager.' III" was tru<;tee of the Ma dJIam
gTamm8r school. supcrintcndent of the Snnday-
school in 1\1arkham village, and has identified
himself with public affairs in general. His first
wife was a l\Iiss Daek, a sister of ,Yaltcr Dack,
:M.P.P., of Kincardine, now deceased. n.
was
married a second time, to a :Miss Peck, f'f To.
rc)uto. His present residence is 'foronÌ'). \\'her'::!
he carries on a real estate business, ha\'in
! sev-
ert'd his ('onnection with the managership of the
Rtal1dard )Jutual Fire Insurance Compan
'.
(2.)) lSHal' Reesor is a son of X oah I: 'eS0r
and grandson of Rev. J olm Reesor, grea t-grand-
son of Peter Reesor, eldest SOIl of Christian. He
carries on farming near Cedar Grove, which is
his post office: and he owns one of the finest
anrl best cultivated farms in the county.
(26) .Jacob Reesor is a son of Peter and a
grandson of Peter, the eldest son of Christian.
He is a retired farmer, and his post office ad-
dress is :Markham.
(27) .Jacob B. Reesor is a sOn of Noah Ree-
sor and granrlson of Rev. John Reesor. He car-
ries on farming near Cedar GrovP.
(2R) .Josephus Reesor resides on Lot 5. Con-
cession 9, :\Iarkham, and is a retired farmer.
He is the only surviving child of Peter Reesor,
elde<;t son of Christian. and is now over ninety
years of age. His post office is Box Grove.
(29) Dr. J. Arthur E. Reesor is a ,;on of
Christian and grandson of the original ancestor.
He and his two brothers Albert and Fred Ree-
sor, propl'it'tors -of the Locust Hill Creamery,
are the only living grandchildren of th,
orig-
inal ancestor except Josephus Reesor. Hé' re-
sides in Toronto and is an osteopathic physician.
lIe has attended meetings of members I)f the
profession in the Pnited States, and has also
traveled extensively in Europe. He is unmar-
ried.
(30) Le\\ is II. Reesor is a son of the late
Samuel Reesor, and brother of Benjamin };'., the
electrieal engineer. He is engaged in the same
profession and at present has charge of the elec-
tri(' works at St. :\Iary's. TIe is married to a
'\liss Eby.
(31)
\Iartin .J. Reesor is a farmer and rèf>ides
011 Lot 6, Concession 9, l\Iarkham. He is it son
of Jacob Reesor, deceased, who was a son of
John and grandson of Christian. His post office
addrpf's is Cedar Grove.
(32)
\Iartin S. Reesor is a son of Noah Ree-
sor, and is a farmer of Cedar Grove.
(33)
icholas E. Reesor is the owner of a
farm near Locust Hill. He is a brother of Henry
B. Reesor and grandson of John. He married
his cousin, 8m'ah Reesor, daughter of John G.
Reesor.
(34) Xoah Reesor. a retired farmer at Cedar
I;rove, is a son of Rev. John Reesor.
(35) Peter Reesor is a son of Peter RecsoJ',
and is a farmer at Cedar Grove, near Hillside.
(36) Peter B. Reesor is a son of
oah Reesor,
and has a farm at Cedar Grove.
(37) Peter H. Reesor is a son of Jacoh, who i
the son of Peter and grandson of Peter. eldest
SOn of Christian. He carries on farming with
his father and has been a member of the village
("ouncil of :\Iarkham.
(3R) Rubert Reesor is a SAID of Christopher
l1nd grandson of Abraham Reesor. and nephew
of Senator Reesor. lIt' was captain of the local
{'ompany of the York battalion, and ho!ds a
military school certificate. He is well known as an
importer of pedigreed stock, and was one of
the first to bring to Canada ponips from the
Shetland Isles, having made a trip there for that
[tnl'poot'. He has alwa:-
taken an intere
.t in
:Ig-rieultural sociI' tit's and has heen a dire("tor of
the East Yorl,
\grienltural Rociety. an, I has
acted as judge at many large e"(hibitions. He
earries on farming and is the owner of a large
herd of fine .J erse:- s. He married )Jis,
Barr,
daughter of the late Rev. 1\11'. Barr.
(39) Russell J. Reesor is a son of Frederick
K. Reesor and runs the Glen Rouge Mills at
:Markham. III' has also taken a course of studies
in electri(.al en
ineering. His pm,t office is
)Iarkham. TIp married a daughter of 'V. Delos
Crosby, and nieee of the late H. P. ('rosby,
:\Lr.p.
(40) Simeon Reesor is a snn of Rev. .John
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IE
IORA TIVE BIOGR
\..PHICAL RECORD
Ree:-or, and has a farm near Cedar Grvve, whicl
is his post office address.
(41) Solomon Reesor is a brother of Frederick
K. Reesor, ex-warden of York County, and owner
of a farm which he works near Cedar CII'o"e at
his father's old homestead.
-!
) Tilman Heesor is a SOn of Simeon Ree-
sor, êmd grandson of Rev. John Reesor. He has
a farm nea.r Cedar Gro\'e where he resides.
( 43) Thomas Reesor is a son of Rev. Chris-
tian Reesor, and grandson of Rev. John }{eesor.
He carries on farming at his father's home near
Cedar Grove, residing with his parents. He is
ë'\ school trustee, and is one of the best farmers
in the neighborhood, making use of many mod-
ern improvements in machinery, and many of
thc fm'm honses in that neighborhood are con-
nected by telephone.
( 44 ) Wesley Reesor is a son of .J osephus. of
Box Grove, and carries on fanning on Lot 14.
in Concession 7, ::\Iarkham.
(45) William D. Reesor is the only son of the
late
enator Rpesor. IIe was erlucated at the
:Markham grammar schooL For some years he
was engaged in farming in Concession 9, of
:Markham, and had a fine herd of Jersey pedi-
greed cattle. TIe was president of the Ea,>t York
Agricultural Society in the year thc Earl of
Aberùeen, governor-general of Canada. visited
and opened the exlùbition. He is now eng-aged
in the management of a large ranch in the
Ol.th-
West Territories.
(46) William J. Reesor is a son of John
R
('sor and grandson of Abraham. He was edu-
cated at Hamilton College and Trinity Un i-
versit
,. He afterward engaged in insurance
for many years at Winnipeg. He is marricd to
Miss Emma B. R. Buchan.
GEOR(}E ;\fARKS, of Toronto, whose death
took phH'c in that city in 1899, was born in
England in 1814. His father, .James Marks, was
a manufacturer of woolen cloth. The son
rl.'w
IIp in his native country, receiving a good edu-
cation, and became a chemist by profession, an
occupation which he followed there for many
)ears suc('essfully. His removal to Canada o
-
curred in 11'87. and from that time until his
death, twclve years later, he made his home in
Toronto.
::\11'.
Iarks did not marry until rafher late in
life, whcn in 1865 he was l
nited, in England. to
\Iiss Emilie Pripe. A family of six children
"crp hum to them, as foHows: (1) George Her-
"Py Pri"'e was horn April 13. 1.'
f)6. (2) Arthur
Hervey Selwyn. born March 4, 1868. mar-
ried Miss ZelIa Mary Dunbar, of Toronto, and
had two children, Aileene and George I vaTl
Don
las. (R) Ada Marion. born Oct. 31. 1869.
died .April 23, 1885. (4) Emilie Lillian. horn
Jlme 3, 1872, married Ale'(ander O'Brien, of
'rol'onto, and had two daughters, Isabel Campion
:\Iarks and Barbara Lillian. (5) Isabel Ruber-
gall, born Oct. 19, 1875, died in 1896. (6) Ed-
win '\TaIteI', born ::\Iarch 1, 187!'), married
1iss
Ida Tilt, of Brampton. and has two daughters,
jadeline Ruberg-all and .Josephine :Marion.
.:\11's. Emilie P.
Iarks belonged to a familv
settled in Canada since the earlier part of the
nineteenth century. Her pal'ent,> were Hon.
.James Hervey and :\Iary Elizabeth Ann (Ruber-
gall) Price. James H. Price was born in Cum-
)Jerland, Eng-land, and received his earlier edu-
eation at Eton, whenee he went to DOctors' Com-
mons and prepared for admission to the Dar.
His marriage took place in his native comltry,
and later he moved to Canada and settled in
Little York. lIe resumed the practice of law
t here and as the place grew became very snc-
l'essfu1. He was in partnership with )[1'. Thomas
Ewart. Mr. Price ran for Parliament as a .mem-
ber from York, and was elected, becoming a rep-
l'esentative at the same time Hobert Baldwin
was. A close alliance between Mr. Price and ;\Ir.
Baldwin sprang up, and the government was
hnown as the Price-Baldwin government. Mr.
Price was connccted with the Cê1lladian Parlia-
ment for thirty-two years, after which he re-
turned to England and while there died, in 1883.
I-Ie was also commissioner of Crown Lands for
many years. His wife died in England, in 1380.
Thpy were the parents of se"en children, namely:
Hervey William. late Judge of the County of
W pIland; Eliza.. i\Irs. Edward CO\\'les, of Farm-
ington. Connecticnt; Edwin RnbergalI, who died
in Australia at the age of twenty-three; Emma,
who marriecl .J oseph J ackes, both now dece3Sed;
.\rthnr \Vood, who died in England; Emilie,
Irs. Marks: anrl IJ8.vinia, residing in Deer Park.
WALTER .1Al\m
BREAKE
RID(1E
HEAD, Counsel for the Board of
tatute Com-
missione.rs for the Ontario Government. and
a son of the late D. B. Read, K.C.,
mentioned plscwhere, was born in To-
ronto in 1855. His education was ac-
quired in Upper Canada College, and on leav-
ing school he detcrmined to follow in lùs father's
footsteps and enter th
legal profession. He
read law with his father, and was called to the
Bar in 1879. In that same year was formed the
law firm of Read & React consisting of father
And son. Later it became Reacl. Read & KnÜrht,
and so continued until 1896, when it was
again changed to Read & Read, the style under
\\"hi
h it was known until 1907, when Mr.
"T alter .J. B. Read closl'd thc offire to assume the
antips attendant npon his present position.
"
,
tu oJk .r';). f
Pn JJ-(
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COl\1l\IE:.\IORA TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
For over twenty years Mr. Read was solidtor
for the Fpper Canada Law Society, which posi-
tion he resigned to become counsel for the Board
of Statute Commissioners. He has been en-
ga.ged in many notable cases, and has a high
reputation amonp- his fellow practitioners.
.Among the most famous .cases may be mentioned
the St. George Railway cases before the late
Judge Rose, in which he was associated with the
late Judge Lount and George Tate Blackstock,
K.C., as counsel for the plaintiffs. Mr. Read
....as engaged also on the Morse extradition case
-a case which excited a good deal of local in-
terest in Toronto-winning the case for the
prisoner, Morse.
Outside of his profession Mr. Read has found
time to take an interest in public and business
affairs. For many years he was actively asso-
ciated with, was one of the founders and filled
the office of president of the 1\1uskoka Lakes As-
sociation. Socially he has been quite prominent.
He belongs to the National Club; he takes an
active interest in whist, and was the first presi-
dent of the Canadian Whist League. In his
religious affiliation and belief he is a striet
churchman, belonging to the Anglican Chureh.
and is particularly interested
n church music.
In his political id.eas he is a Conservative, sup-
porting by voice and ballot the men and meas-
ures of that party. He stands in the front rank
of his profession, and as a citizen is progressive
and public-spirited, and as a man upright and
smcere.
REV. GEORGE
ESBITT, M.A., now I>uper-
annuated and living in Toronto, has been en-
gaged in the ministry of the Anglican Church
for thirty-five years. He was born in the town-
ship of Beckwith, County Lanark, Ont., Aug. 12,
]831, son of John and Jane (Pierce) Nesbitt,
and grandson of William Nesbitt. who eame to
Canada in 1819. He settled in Franktown, which
was laid out as a government town, County J.J:m-
ark, where he died. He was of Scotch parent-
age, and was a member of the Established Church
of Scotland. His children were: Hugh, Dr.
Ceorgoe (who was sent to Scotland to be edu-
cated), John, and two daughters.
John Nf'sbitt. father of Rev. George, was born
in the North of Ireland. in 1789, and came to Can-
ada with the family. He, too, like his father was a
Presbyterian, but in after years became a mem-
ber of the Anglican Church, in which he bt'ought
up his family. He died in 1880, his wife havin
pre-deceased him for some four years. Their
children were: William, John, Rev. George,
Thomas, James, Dr. Edward, R. C. S. K., and
three daughters.
Before preparing for the ministry our sub-
6
81
ject attended Perth Grammar School, and in
] 856 he (with his brother William, deceased,
who also intended entering the ministry), ma-
triculated in Trinity University, taking a Foun-
dation Scholarship. In 1859 he took the de-
gree of B.A., with mathematical honors, and also
a Scholarship of $120 which lasted during his
Divinity course of two years. Tn 1861 he was
ordained to the Diaconate, and the following
year to the Priesthood. In 1863 he took the de-
gree of M.A. His first charge was that of Mary-
horo and Peel, where he labored ten years, thence
r,-oing to Port Perry, Rosemont and Sutton
\Vest. which is a noted place for pleasure seek-
ers.
1\11'. Kesbitt was first married to Joanna Mor-
ris, only child of Rev. E. Morris, rector of
Franktown. Pive children were born of this
union: Ebenezer G., John W. G., James E.,
George Mowbray (who was drowned at Ren-
frew-a clerk in the Merchants' Bank), and
Georcina. In 1877 the mother of these children
died.
1\11'. Nesbitt's second marriage was with
Elisabeth McNab. Of this union there were four
children: George Heber, Hugh Waldemar (man-
ager of a branch of the Merchants' Bank, Napin-
l,a, Man.), George Oswald (of the Bank of
\[ontrea( Vancouver) and Mary Emma (de-
ceased). The mother of these children passed
away in 1885.
WALTER B. GEIKIE. M.D., C.M., D.C.h,
F.R.C.S. Ed., L.R.C.P. Lond., secured the e;I-
tablishment of his medical college, Toronto, in
1871, and was for the last twenty-five years of
its existence its Dean. Dr. Geikie was born in
]
dinburgh, Scotland, and came to Canada with
the family in 1843, when he was very young.
The late Rev. Archibald Geikie, father of Dr.
i1eikie, on coming to Canada, settled on the
river St. Clair, in the township of Moore, about
ten 'miles below Sarnia. Here he ministered to
two congregations of his own gathering, one in
100re. and one in Sarnia. His wjfe died in
lí'4R, and in 1849, the family removed to To-
ronto where Mr. Geikie was for some years the
l'e:;:pected minister of a congregation. In the
family ther(' were three sons, two besides the
!<nbj
t of this sketch. One, the late Rev. Archi-
bald C. Geikie, D.D., LL.D., was formerly min-
ister of St. Andrew's, Berlin, Ontario, and sub-
equently colleag'Ue of the late well-known Hev.
Dr. Bayne, of Galt, upon whose death he went
o Australia and there died in 1898. Dr. Geikie's
(.ther brother. who died in 1906. was the Rev
Cunning-ham Geikie, D.D.. LL.D., of Bourne-
,mouth, England, and his name wiH long be re-
Jr}embered by his works.
Dr. "\Valter B. Geikie, the founder, and so long
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COMIVI:El\IORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
the Dean of Trinity l\Iedical College, is the
:roungest of the brothers, and he began the study
oì medicine in Toronto with the late lIon. Dr.
.John Rolph, :i\LR.C.E. Eng., LL.D., just after
the family came to the city. After finishing
his college course in Toronto he passed the
medical board of Upper Canada. at that time
and for many years before, the sole licensing
board of this Province. He afterward went to
Jefferson :\Iedical College, Philadelphia, where
he wa.s graduated. Many students from Can-
ada at that time did the same thing, for this par-
ticular college was then exceedingly attractiVd
from the large number of eminent teachers on
its faculty, such as the late Professors Robiey
Dunglison, Charles D.Meigs, R. :\I.l\Iutter, and
many others. On returning to Canada Dr.
Geikie began practice in Bond Head, South
iJn-
coe, but soon after was induccd to remove to
Aurora, in the County of York, where. as in
l
ond Head. he did a large praetIce.
In October, 1856, his old teaèher, Dr. Rolph,
then Dean of the Medical Department of Vic-
toria University (conducted in Toronto) asked
him to join him as one of the professors in that
Faculty, which he consented to do. During the
session 1856-7 Dr. Geikie did double duty, hav.
ing to lecture on Materia Medica and Therapeu-
tics, and also upon Obstetrics and Diseases of
Women and Children. He continued in tbis
medical college till Dr. Rolph resigned in 1870,
when he resigned with him. During the ypars of
his Vietoria rniversity professoriate, Dr. Geikie
taught in addition to the subje<.'tc; namptl above,
Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical, Principles
md Practice of Surgery, and Practice of ì\lcdi-
cine and Clinical l\Iedicine. the latter in Toronto
General Hospital.
In 1867 Dr. Geikie revisited Great Britain and
passed the examination of the Ro
'al College of
Physicians of London, and the Royal Colleg'J of
Surgcons of Edinburgh.
Early in 1871 the Medical Faculty of Trinity
Univpr!',it
. was reorganized on a broad and :ib-
eral basis suggested by Dr. Geikie, and was from
the first, a great success. The Doctor hall hall
the advantage of being long associated with Dr.
Rolph in the conduct of a medical college, which
Iroved the best possible trainin
for the rcs[:on-
sibilities which were to devolve upon him,
from 1871 onward, of having full charge of a
large medical college and in addition to his
own professorships of medicine and clinieal
medicine. In 1871 he was appointêd registra!'
find treasurer of the newly formed Faculty.
The first Dpan, Dr. Hodder, having died in B78,
Dr. Geikie was appointed to the Deanship :md
continued nntil Jane, 1903, in active discharge
of its dutil's, as well as those of thc Professor-
ship he had held for so many years. His life has
been an exceedingly busy one, and althou
h the
tax npon his time and energy has been ver,Y
great, the continued snccess of the medical col-
lege, until the extinction of its autonomy by
"amalgamation, " was most gratifying to him
and to its thousands of warm friends throughout
the Duminion. Besides his college work, Dr.
Geikie was for many years a member of the act-
ing staff of the Toronto General Hospital, and
wa.s also for a series of
'ears on its consulting
staff', and likewise for some time on that of the
Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Geikie has
(vcr had an enthusiastic love for his profession
He was ahnlYs \"Cry thorouglùy dcvoted to his
duties as a medical teacher.. believing that in
a countQ' of sueh e'dent and such possibilities
as the Dominion of Canada, no man can seïect
a more useful calling or one which will be li!{el)'
tl) do more Q'ood to the Canaíliun peoplc than
that of a faithful, earnest medical teachel', ,,
ho
8(.eks as far as in him lies, to S(.w broadly an,[
((('eply amongst our young men, the beneficl
ut
{1nd unspeakably yaluable princ;ples which are
the most important part of the profession of
medicine, and will continue to be so, more Ilnd
more, thp fartlll'r our knowledge is extendf'd in
the futurf'. Such teachers, and
uch alone, are
great bles!>ings to the Province. In 1889 Tl'inity
fJniversity. in acknowledgment of the long CóJß-
tinued and great services he hall up to that tillie
rendere:l to medical education in this Province,
('onfmred upon him the degre() of D.C.h He
11JSO represented Trinity ::\Iedical CoHege on the
Council of the College of Physicians and Nur-
f'ons of Ontario for twenty-fixe years-l
77 to
190
, inclusive.
On .June 4, 1903. Dr. Geikie rp::;igned his po
i-
tion as Dean of the Trinity Medical College, the
o(o('asioll bein
the proposed U amalgamation" of
the Fal'u1ty of that institution with t11.e Tm'onto
I'niwrsity l\f('(1ical Fa('ulty. This change. w 1 1ich
mpant cxtinetion. and only this. Dr. Geikip. to-
gether with man
' other expcrienced me-:lical
tpachers, and nearly all the graduates of l'r;n-
it). :\Iedical College. entirely disapprowd of, for
i}Jf' following rpasons:
(1.) The mere suggestion of such a thing was
exceeding-Iy distasteful to evpry medical g-r3(11l'
atp of Trinit
- rniversity wherever hp n.ay be
found. and t(, studl'nts of Trinity Medi,'a 1 C-:.I-
Ip.
e ...:ith hardly an exerption.
(II.) Whpn sugg('sted some tinlP befo!',> it took
plapc. a!one did the ('ollpg'P much injury in many
w:ws for two consecutivp Years. 'fhp pl8n ]11'0-
po
ed, proved not only
failure when first
Plade, hut a failure whieh was felt by many
teachers and graduates to he insulting heyond
deseription, to the -:\Irdical ('ol]eg-e. What was
co:\nIE:HORÅTn
E BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
ofÏereu as "amalgamation" had it been accept-
ed, woul,l ha\'e been then. a humiliating an-
nihilation, so far as Trinity Medical College was
concerned. It was promptly declined. an.l
"amalgamation" was at that time definitely and
finally decided against by the College, a decision
which was printed On a fly leaf and scattered
broadcast in the calendar for no less than two
con<;ecutive years, 1901-2 and 1902-3.
(III.) From the moment it was announced
in two successive calendars that aU "amalga-
mation" negotiations were at an end, the Col-
lege did as "<í,ll as ever, and but for the re-
newal of ,. mnalgamation" negotiations even be-
fore tlIP "lose of session HJ02-3, the session
1903-4 would haw bcen. h?d amalgamation not
taken plaN>. one of the bcst of the very best in
the histor
' of the College.
(IV.) "
\malgamation," nO matter by "horn
proposed or what its character might be, neces-
sarily extinguishes the College entirely, so far as
its namp. and its long and successful past his-
tory go, and to this its true friends object.ed in
the strong-est W:i.'", and reg-ard it as. in every way,
most undesirable, and ther continue to t.hink ex-
actl
' as they did when it was first mooted.
('
.) \Y ere the previous objections not suffi-
cient to exclude the idea of amalgamation of
any kind, and were such a proposal made and
agreed to, it is certain. that for practical teach-
ing purposes, the formation of one huge ml'di!;al
school, h
' merging two medical schools, each
:tlready large enough, into one. would all but
surely prove to be a failure. as a practical. work.
able teaching body. In London. England. with
her many )Iedical Colleges, the rule is, and aL-
wa
's has heen, to ha\'e several medical schools,
with the desire that no one of them should be
very large. Each se('ures as good a teal'hing
facult
' as possible for itself. and nc\'er so large
as to be unworkable. In Edinburgh there are
several large medical schools. The students
there. m\ ing- to the large numbers in attendance.
are ohligC'd to emplo
' "Grinders." who ahound,
an,l whose char!!'('s are a hea\'y hurdcn to the
student as they equal, or sometimes excel'. 1. the
fees paid for the reQ'ular medical "Iassps. Huge
facultips and hu!!e classes. can not in the nature
of thing" do justice either to indiddual 11"1'-
turprs. or to individual medical students. The
interest of teachers in student", indivi,il1al1
'. is,
under such circumstances, simply impossible.
Hence the wisdom of the London plan of having
many medical schools, each of modf'rate size.
Two schools han> existed for fifty
'em's pa"t in
Toronto. and are now more necessar
' th:m ever
before, for the numher of students who come
here ever
'
'ear to study is nearly seven hund-
rerl. :mrl
oon wil1 he l:ir!!pr. Thp
orth--West.
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too, is filling up rapidly, and doctors will be re-
quired there in considerable numbers. Besides
this. there is a consumt demand outside of the
Dominion for medical men educated in Canada.
(VI.) Were Trinity :Medical College extin-
guished by being amalgamated with any other
medical facult
., another medical school would,
without doubt, be shortly established, for the
absence of all competition, by the creation of a
huge medical teaching monopol
T, "Was a serious
blunder.
\s above stated, for more than fifty
years there have always been at least two medi-
cal coUeges in Toronto when, with a very much
smaller population, two were mueh less neederl
than they are now, and before long we may ex-
lJect to see another medical school formell (may
it be composed of able. practical teachers). as
Trinity 1\Ierlical College, with its honoretl his-
tor
' as a distinct medical teaching body. has been
blotted out by amalgamation.
(VII.) Trinity Medieal College. after thirty-
two years of success, earned for herself a very
high pla
e amongst the medical schools. not of
('ana,la alone. but of the world, and to have her
extinguished by "amalgamation" has proved
not onìy no advantage. but already to have bel'n
a great injury to practical medical education in
Ontario, and thus an injury to our Province.
(VIII.) Even were the position of Trinity
Pniversity to be changed by "federation" with
the University of Toronto, 'l'rinity 1\IcdicaJ Col-
lege would have had no difficulty in securing
in Ontario all the University recognition she
required for the graduation of her students, and
the Provin,'f' :-;houlrl not hy "amalgamation"
ha\'e heen deprived of one of her most valuable
educational assets.
(IX.) Xo one favored "amalgamation" of
Trinity 1\Iedical College except those under the
influf'nce of persons who, witll(lut being pf'rhaps
a\\ are of it, were led by the views of Toronto
(Tniwrsity's special friends. who saw in Trin-
ity :\Iedical College a "I'll anll long e<;tablished
and f>ue('p<;sful rollf'ge, and a powerful rival of
their own :\lrdiral Department.
fX.) Another and a \"ery strong reason
against the amal!!amation of Trinity ;\{edical
College with an
r other teachin!! ),Iedical Fac-
ulty. is the fact. that every member of the Cor-
poration of that College had si
ed, as a condi-
tion of memhership. :in indenture. and harl 'hi
seal affixed to it. and also the seal of the Coll
,
and was duly witnessed. whirh f'ontains the fol-
lowing strong and solemn agreement, which
"'as. pra"ti":ilIy. "0 self-denying oraillancf'."
""\Ye hf'J'eh
' eOVeH:int. promise and agree
with the party of the first part" [that is, the
Corpor:ition of Trinity l\Iedical Col1eg'e] "to b
:it :ill times loyal to HIP S:iid College. and t.o do
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everything in our power to uphold its honor,
and to promote its welfare."
o agreement, not even an oath. could be
stronger or more binding than this.
Dr. Geikie's resignation called forth many
expressions of regret and tributes to his char-
acter and work, from which three have been se-
lE:Cted for preservation here. The first is from
the Toronto Satm'day Night, of July 25, 1903,
and rearls as follows:
"Hundreds of medical practitioners not only
in Canada, but in far corners of the American
continent, and C\Tcn in more distant lands, will
be delighted to have a memento of Dr. Geikie in
the accompanying lifelike and characteristic por-
trait of the retiring Dcan of Trinity l\Iedical
Co]]ege. Dr. Geikie has been long associated with
medical education in Ontario, and has left his
impress indelibly upon the thousand or
more doctors who have passed as it were, through
his hands Rince he was instrumental in reorgan-
izing Trinity Medical School, which has now
passed out of existence. His high sense of duty
and his exalted precept and example as to the
social and profes"ionHl standarits which a medi-
cal do{'tor should strive to maintain, have done
much to elevate the ideals of his students; but
{'hiefly, perhaps, he is hcld in loving and grate-
ful veneration for his unfailing kindness and
spirit of hf'lpfulness in his relations with 'his
bO
1>. ' In the heHrt of many a successful medi-
cal man there will be an unwavering response to
every word of the following personal tribute to
Dr. Geikie by one of the early graduates of Trin-
ity. Dr. Charles Sheard. the Medical Health Of-
ficer, of Toronto."
The second: "A contemporary, in writing
of university appointments, a while ago, said:
'Colle-ge professors seldom die and never re-
sign. ' So evenl
T has the tidc of affairs in the
universities of Toronto cbbed and flowed, that
when even a venerable teacher sees fit to with-
draw from what has bcen Hn average life-time
of earnest, splendid se
vice to his college. and
a never-dying example of sturdy manhood and
keen, unswerving application of good sense and
hi!!h mental attainments, all dedicated to his of-
fice, of Dean of Trinity Medical College, it causes
more than a ripple of regret, while at the same
time it leaves an opportunity for his mantle to
fall upon the should!'rs of another. Dr. Geikie
was founder, and for tWt'nty-five year;:; Dean of
Trinity College Medical Faculty. Earlier in
life he was a professor in the old Rolph Medical
School; so for over fifty years he has been a
medical teacher in Toronto, and knows his work
from its alpha to its omega. Father-like, he
loves his child, Trinity Medical College, and
now, with the current of the times, and the ten-
dency to amalgamation in all circles, business,
educational, and even religious, the c'hild of his
heart and care through all these many years has
reached out and formed an amalgamation with
Toronto University, and so, with enlarged re-
sources and better equipments, and a strong
teaching body. elected from both institutions,
presses On keeping pace with this rapidly advanc-
ing age of high and ever higher achievements.
We feel sure we are voicing the feelings of every
Canadian medical practitioner when we say we
are heartily sorry that splendid old Dean Gei-
kie feels, owing to this amalgan-wttion, of which
he does not approve for many reasons, that he
must withdraw. He has our admiration and re-
spect; he will be missed, for in educational af-
fairs, as well as in business pursuits, we need
the men of experience, who can look back as well
as forward, and who can close one eye in retro-
spection, applying the old-fashioned test of ripe
judgment to ascertain, when occasion requires, if
t.he proposed action answers to the plumb-line."
The third is an expression of appreciation by
the Corporation of Trinity l\Iedical College, and
appeared in the 'l'oronto Satul'day Night, Aug.
1. 1903:
"The corporation of Trinity l\Iedical College,
upon receiving the resignation of Dr. Walter B.
fieikie, founder of the college and for many
years its dean, lmanimously passed the follow-
ing resolution, an engrossed copy of which has
been forwarded to Dr. Geikie:
"'vYe, the Corporation of Trinity Medical
College, in accepting the resignation of Dr. Wal-
ter ß. Geikie, D.C.L., F.R.C.S.E., L.R.C.P.,
Lond., Dean of the Faclùty and Professor of the
Principles and Practice of Medicine, desire to
place on record our sense of the debt of grati-
t udc we owe to our late associate, for his two
and thirty
'ears of earnest and self-sacrificing
la.bors on behalf of the college. At all
imes. in
season and out of season, by night and hy day,
ycar after year, the cause of Trinity Medical
College has ever bcen foremost in his thoughts
as the one object aronnd which his affections
eentered. 'With ewry cnergy and faculty he
possessed, Dr. Geikie labored to promote what
he considered thc hest interests of the college
which was so dear to his heart, and owing in
a large degree to thcse unwearied efforts Trinity
)ledical College has attained her present proud
position. It is with feelings of regret that the
corporation parts with him, who is the father in
medicine of most of it'! members, who has pre-
sided over its meetings, and piloted its ship
through many breakers, and we one and all de-
ire that Dr. Geikie may be spared for many
years to enjoy t.he satisfaction of well-earned
}'epose.
COl\Il\'IE:MORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
" 'Signed by all the members of the Corpora-
tion. '
,. 'Toronto, June, 1903.' "
JOHX EDWIX USHER, deceased. To few
mortals is given the inestimable gift of the art-
istic spirit united with the P<Jwer to portray in
tangible form its creations, but to those few the
world owes a debt of gratitude beyond expres-
sion in words and not lightly to be forgotten.
In Canada. no name among its artists of the
present era is mOre widely known nOr more
highly regarded than that of the late John Ed-
win Psher, whose palate was laid aside forever
Oct. 2:1, 18!J6, in Toronto. Death carne, how-
ever, not so lUuch as an interruption to a prom-
ising career, as an ending to a well rounded and
('ompleted life, for its summons was uttered soon
after 1\[1'. Usher had completed his magnificent
painting, "The Morning of the Crucifixion,"
w'hich had been the great goal of his artistic ef-
fort for a number of years.
John Edwin Usher was born in Chatham, Eng-
land, in 1846, son of William C. and Ann (Swan)
Usher, both of "horn died in Toronto. The boy
early showed his artistic talent. and was encour-
aged in it, producing his first oil painting at the
age of eleven years. Pnlike most of those who
are similarly gifted, however, :\11'. Usher was also
extremely practical. and combined with the art-
istic temperament a fondness for mechanics
"hich led him to adopt that line of work as a
means of liveÜl1ood. In 1865 he left England
for the "Cnited States and spent seven years at
Cleveland, Ohio, going from there to Toronto,
iil 1872, and making his permanent home in the
latter city, where he was employed for a number
of years as foreman in the shops of the Grand
Trunk Railway Company. The last years of 'his
life were given up almost wholly to his paint-
ing. and of that we will speak at length later.
In 1874, two years after settling in Toronto,
:\11'. Usher was united in marriage with Miss
Elizabeth Koblett. who was born in Ireland in
]8.")3. dau!!hter of Richard and 3I
ry Ann (Grif-
fin) Koblett, both of whom died in Ireland. Mrs.
Usher had three brothers, Frank, S. Oeorge and
Thomas Griffin. :\11'. and :\'[rs. Usher became the
parents of the following children:
[ary E., de-
ceased wife of T. J. Robertson, who left one
son, Georg-e S.; :\Iaude. wife of Frederick G. L.
Darlington, and mother of one son, Earll
F.;
Herbert 8.. of Toronto. who marrird :\Jiss l\[illie
::\[alone, and has one son, Herbert Geor!!e; Amy,
who marripd Frederick :\[ansell. and has one
daughter, Lete-r May Amy: Violet, :\[rs. II.
McGown; Francis .Tohn. of Toronto; and Ed-
win. who married :\[iss Ethel Blackstone. The
late John Edwin Usher, during thc latter part
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of his life, resided at No. 131 Spadina avenue.
In political matters he voted with the Reform
party, while religiously he was connected with
the Queen Street l\Iethodist Church, in whic'h he
was an active worker and a prominent anù val-
ued member.
As an artist Mr. Usher will long be held in
honor in Toronto, for it was in that line that he
was specially proficient, and in wlrich he did
his really vital. individual work. One of his
most successful pictures was a portrait in oil
of John Brighton,1\.LP., which is a fine example
of portraiture. :\11'. Usher's work in setting
forth Biblical subjects was, perhaps, that which
bore most trul
' the stamp of the man 'himself,
for his religions nature found beautiful expres-
sion in pictures of that character. His master-
piece, which had absorbed most of his attention
during the last :rears of his life, has already been
aJIuded to, but is too important to be briefly dis-
missed. It is still in the possession of Mrs.
Usher, and is always on exhibition to the public
at her home. The description given below is the
one authorized by :\1rs. Usher and conveys a
better idea of the picture than anything else save
the actual canvas, which must be seen again anJ
again to be fully appreciated in its entirety:
., For years past the late artist gave his whole
attention to this subject. The size of the pic-
ture commands your attention. the canvas being
10 feet high by 18 feet long. There are 150
figures represented upon it, those in the fore-
ground being life-size. The picture is the larg-
('!'t in
\merica and \"alued at $75.000.
"In the distance to the left :Mount Scopus is
seen. and to the ri!!ht Monnt of OJives. Around
the brow of Calvary are the scoffing and revil-
ing enemies of [,hrist..
,. The main representation of the picture being
Christ. and here we 1111' e an entirely original
idea. for the magnificent head and noble face
command
'our immediatp attention. but to more
fully appreciate this noble form you will need to
stud
. the different expressions of the fRce, the
look of agony, the tender and loying expression
of the upturned eyes, and the half þarted lips
convey the idea that he is supplicating with the
Creator for the forgiveness of His cruel perse-
eutors. Although perfectly obvious to the sur-
roundings. and with perfect resignation to his
fate, the whole fig"llre is su(!'gestive of great ma-
jesty. -
"The brutal fig-ure, holding Him to the Cross,
and looking with a triumphant and diabolical
expression into our Savior's face while the other
('x('Cutioner is busily engaged in driving the last
nail into the foot, shows us that the artist was
an adept in his work.
"Near the foot of the cross attention is drawn
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t,J the three Rabbis, the one in the crimson robe
is Amus, une of the learned Rabbis; the one in
the ,,'hite robe is Joseph of Arimathea., watching
the scene with a strange interest.
"Passing to the right of the cross the next
striking figure is that of the fainting Mary :Mag-
dalene. Yon will here observe the complete re-
la
ation of all the muscles. the dark circles
around the mouth and eyes and deathly pallor
of the face.
"The beloved disciple, John, with the golden
hair, is seen whispering words of consolation to
the grief-strickcn mother. Close to her IS Mar-
tha, with dark hair, and a little to the right,
with clasped hands, is Mary of Bethany, while
close b:r is .!Hary, the wife of Cleopas, and in
close proximity is Simon of C)Tene, upon whom
the bearing of the cross was lain.
'"The figure at the back of John is the cautious
Kicouemns with a few more followers of Christ.
('lose by are to be seen the Roman soldiers bus-
ily engag-ed in erecting one of the thieves upon
the eross. "\\
I' would call your attention to the
figure upon the ladder as having completed his
work and throwing down the rope.
., The figure upon the white horse is thp cen-
turion in charge of the executions, and in the
act of issuing orders."
1Irs. rsher is now making' her home with 'her
daughter at Ko. :11 Palmerston avenue.
ANGUS CLAUDE .MACDONELL, D.C.h,
M.P., member for South Toronto, and a leading
Imrrister of the cit,\", is a member of one of the
I.arliest and most prominent families of this sec-
t ion of Ontario.
The )Iacdonell family is of Rcotch extraction.
and \nlS founded in Canada by Capt. Allan 1\'[>>('-
Ilonell, the great-grandfathcr of Angus Claud.'
}lacdonell. who was horn in Glengarry. in tllt'
Highlands of Rrotland. and came to the .\meri-
can Colonies prior to the outbreak of the Ameri-
I'<ln Rt'\'olntion. In Iii'>. at the opening of that
struggle, Capt. Allan }lacdonell came to Canada
as a L. E. Lo
'alist. settling in Glengarry Coun-
ty, Onto Very soon thereafter he joine(l II IS 1\1a-
iest,\"'s forecs in Canada anrl returned to the
rnited RtMes to fÌ!tht for' the Crown. In 1783.
at the close of the war. Captain ;\laedonell 1'1'-
t1\l'ned to Glengarry County, subsequently re-
moving to Quebec. "here he died. His wifl
,
Helen :UcLean. was also of Scotch extraction.
Of his rhildren his sons. the late Alexander
l\Iacdorwll, grandfather of the member for
outh
Toronto, and the late Angus "l\Iacdonell, were
prominent in Canada. Angus 1\1acdonell was a
well-known harrister in '1'01'onto many yean; ago.
He was t!'easurer of the Lmv S()('iety for many
years, and in 1804 was drowned, with other
members of the Bench and Bar of Ontario, when
the schooner" Bpeedy" went down in IJake On-
tario while making a trip from Toronto to
Kingston. Angus l\Iacdonell was Crown COUD-
sel and represented East York in the Old Par-
liament of Upper Canada. He was unmarried.
The late lIon. Alexander .Macdonell was born
in Scotland in 1762. When thirteen
'ears of
age he held a commission under the British
Government in the war of the American Revo-
lution, and with his father served throughout
that struggle, at the end of which he returned
to Glengarry County. Onto He represented that
county in 1 i92 in the First Parlißment of Up-
per Canada, and was its first Speaker. At that
time Parliament met at Niagara-on-the-Lake,
then called Newark. In the war of ]812 Hon.
.Alexander Macdonell was paymaster-general of
both the Volunteer and Imperial forces in Can-
ada, and held the rank of lieutenant-colonel in
connection with that war. In 1818 he settled in
Toronto. where he died in 1844. and his wife in
] 838. lIeI' maiden namp was Ann Smith, and
her father. Colonel Smith, was at one time ad-
ministrator of the Province. The adopted son
of this rouple, Col. John MacdoneJl. A.D.C., feU
with Brock at l
ueenston Heights, and is buried
with him under Brork's monument. 'rhe chil-
dren of Hon. Alexander and Ann (Smith) Mac-
tlonell were: Allan. who was a prominent IDan in
the thirties and forties in the settlement of the
)J ort h - \Y pst. being agen t for Lord Selkirk;
James. deceased;. Angus Duncan. deceased:
Alp":lIl(ll'r. deeea"pd. fot, many Yl'ars clerk at
Os!!oode Hall: and Ramuel Roo K.C.. of TOlonto,
fOl'mel'l
. of "\Yindsor. Ontario.
Of this famil
' Angus DUlH'an Macdonell was
the father of Angus Claud!'. He was born in
Kingston in 181:1. was for many years a well-
known resident of Toronto, where he eD!
aged
in thp brokerage business. and for
'ears in the
Internal Rpvenue Department at that place. He
married Mis." Panline Rosalie DeLaHaye, whose
father. .Tohn P. DpLaHnyl', was appointed in
Uì
f) h
' the British nOWl'llment as French Clas-
siral Master at rppl'J' Canada College, on the
t'stahlishmellt of that Colkg'e. Angus Duncan
fßedon('ll died in Toronto in 1895. while Mrs.
!lfardonell survives him and resides in the city.
'1'0 this union were born the following family:
Helen: Henriette. wife of "\V. :\1. German, K.C.,
)f.P., of WeIland: .John D., of Toronto: Angus
(,laude; 1\1arie: Margaret. wife of I.J. M. Hayes,
harristpr at 1'eteroo1'O': a.nd
Iajor Archibald,
D.R.O" D.A.A.n.. of Halifax.
ova Scotia.
Angus ('Jaude Macdonell wm; born in To-
ronto in 18/)1. :md received his literary train-
ing under private instruction and in the model
school. In 1881 he entered upon the study of
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECüRD
law, and in 1886 was called to the Bar of On-
tario, receiving in the same year from Trinity
University the degree of B.C.L., and in 1902 the
degree of D.C.L. Since 1ö86 1\11'. )lacdonell has
been actively engaged in the practice of his pro-
fession in his native city. He has always taken
an active interest in politics, being officially con-
nected with organizations for the advancement
of Conservative principles, and is an able politi-
cal speaker. In 1904 the Conservative party in
South Toronto nominated )11'. Macdonell to rep-
resent them in the Commons at Ottawa. When
the votes were counted, On the eve of Nov. 4,
190-1. )11'. )lacdonell was found to have received
a handsome majority OWl' his Liberal opponent,
)11'. H. H. Dewart, and since that time he has
served as a member of Parliament to the entire
satisfaction of his constituents.
JJUIES WORTHINGTON, who died in To-
runto Nov. 24, 1898, was one of the well-known
men of Ontario, having been for many years en-
gaged in contracting in this and other portions
of Canada. 111'. Worthington was born in Staf-
fordshire, England, in 182
, and at the age of
five years was left an orphan. He remained in
England until his eighteenth year, when he came
to Canada. locating for a time at Kingston, and
later at St. )lary's. where he owned a small
farm, the cultivation of which was his first busi-
ness venture. From St. :l\Iary's he came to To-
ronto and embarked in the contracting business
with his brother, John \Yorthington, and they
built the old UnÏ\'ersity building at Toronto. the
.10hn )Iacdomlld block, and many other struc-
tures. They also erected the fortifications at
(
ucbec. This partnership was later dissolved,
and James \V orthington continued in business
alone. lIe had a 'contract on the Intercolonial
Railway, and in company with A. P. 1\1I'Donald
built the Wellington Basin, at 1\1ontreal. 1\11'.
\Vorthington also huilt ihe Canadian PHcific roa(l
from Pembroke to Sudbury. In 18R6 he resumed
his residence in Toronto and went into the bolt
works, in which hf' continued until the end of
his business life.
)11'. \Vorthington was twice married. his first
wife being Hannah Shunn, by whom he had one
child, J. C., now deceHsed. who left fonr chil-
dren, Harry, Charles. Ida and Pear1. In 1839
1\11'. \V orthington married C'a.roline Hitchcock,
daughter of .Tohn Hithccock, who died in Eng-
land. )1rs. Caroline \Vorthington passed away
in 1903. 1\11'. Worthington was a member of the
Church of England. In politics he was a Con-
servative, while fraternally he was connected
with the Masons and the I.O.O.F.
JOHN TAYLOR MORSE, who died in To-
ronto. Aug. 17. 1868. was born at Black JWck,
87
near Buffalo, New York, iq 1832, son of William
)Iorse. When four years old he came with his
parents to '1'oronto, where he was educated. Mr.
l\Iorse began his business life as a flour and feed
merchant on Francis street, Toronto, and later
went into the milling business at Tollendale,
Barrie, Ont., also dealing in grain. In 18(j4, in
company with two brothers, William Mills and
George Dennis, under the firm name of Morse
Bros., he engaged in feeding and shipping cattle
to foreign .markets, and in this he continued
until his death.
In 1859 Mr. Morse and Miss Elizabeth Ann
Helliwell, daughter of William and Elizabeth
(Bright) Helliwell, were united in marriage.
To this union were born five children: Freder-
irk William, Frank Morton, Nellie Maude, Har-
I r Victor and John Taylor. 1\[1'. .Morse was a
member of the Church of England. to which his
widow and family also belong. In his politi-
cal sympathies he was a Reformer.
Frederick \Villiam l\Iorse, born in Toronto in
1
tiO, was married in 1902 to Margaret Eliza-
heth 1\IcBride. He was in the wholesale hard-
ware business in Winnipeg until his death, Nov.
29. 1905; he left no issue.
Frank )lorton Morse, born in Tollendale in
1861, is now one of the largest shareholders in
the Miller-:Uorse Hardware Company, Limited,
\Yinnipeg.1\Ian. He was married Aug. 22, 1888,
to Ella Ruth Cummings, of Birtle, .Man.. and
they have foul' children, Stanley Cummings,
Gerald Frederick, Eric David and Garth.
Xellie Maude 1I10rse, born in Maitland, Ont.,
in 1863, was married July 28, 1885, to Harton
Walker, son of John Gardiner Walker and
gl'Hndson of Rohert Walker, and they have five
rhilJl'en, John Harold. Madeleine, Dorothy,
Evplyn Koel and Alan Morse.
Harry Victor ::\1orse, born in Toronto in 1866,
is now in the hardware and lumber business in
Swan RÏ\'er, )lan. In June, 1893, he was mar-
ried to Elise Douglas, and they have one son,
,10hn Douglas.
John Taylor :1\lorse, born in Toronto in 1868,
was drowned in Toronto Bay June 12, 1884.
JESSE FRAXCIS BY.<\1\I, who liv-ed retired
at his home i'{o. 87 Homewood avenue, 'foronto,
until his death Dec. 8. 1906, was for many years
a teHcher and a business man in Ontario, and
nfter 1883 an estee.med resident of Toronto. He
was born at Lyon's Creek, near Niag-ara Falls,
Ont., Aug. 14, 1826.
The B,\'am family originated in Wales, and
was founded in the United States by the grand-
father of our subject. who died in the State of
Vermont. His daughter married and settled in
N"ew York State. One of his three sons, Jesse,
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also settled in Vermont, and one died there; and
the third, John Wesley, became the father of
Jesse Francis.
John Wesley Byam was born and educated in
Vermont, and there entered the ministry of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1810 he came
to Canada as a missionary, and settled in the
County of \Velland. Later, he was one of the
"original seven" who held true and loyal to the
Methodist Episcopal Church at the time of the
division, in 1828. His whole life was spent in
religious work, and his peaceful death took place
in Manchester, Reach township. Those weN the
days when the prea.cher, with saddle-bags on
horseback, took a whole month to get once aro 1 md
his circuit, and he did this for years. He mar-
ried Miss Joanna Buchner, daughter of Lieut.-
Col. Henry Buchner, an U. E. Loyalist, and an
officer in the British army during the wa.r of the
Rcvolution and in the war of 1812, his death
following the latter struggle in the County of
WeIland. The children born to the Rev. .John
W. Byam and his wife were: Sarah Ann, Joanna,
George, Eliza J., Jesse F., Henry, Charles Fred-
erick, Mary Ann and William, of whom Sarah
Ann (in her eighty-ninth year), Joanna (in her
eighty-seventh year) anù Henry (in his seventy-
ninth year) are thc only survivors.
Jesse Francis Byam was educated in the
schools of his native place and in the Toronto
Normal. He then taught school for eight years,
nfter that entering into the mercantile busincss
at Canifton. in which he continued for four
years. 1\'11'. Byam then made a visit to Australia,
where hc spent four years in mercantile
md
mining pursuits, and after his return settled in
:Minnesota. where he served in public offi('e as
coroner and as magistrate. From 1861 to 1865
he was a soldier in the Civil war in the States
a!> a mcmber of the 2nd Independl>nt Bat-
tery, Minnesota V oluntfer Light Artillery. In
one engagement Mr. Byam had charge of the
battery, and at his own request went in first on
the "double run." "While l\fr. Byam was in the
army it was an a.nxious time for his wife, as, in
addition to her fears for her 'husband, the In.1i-
ans got on the warpath and were massacrinf! the
whites wherever they dared to make a raid. In
reality they were nine miles from the Byam
home, but the wildest rumors were rife, aml the
greatest alarm and confusion prevailed. as
many helieved thl.'m to be in the woods near Buf-
falo (Minnesota). Families hastily collecting a
few household goods met in Buffalo, and there
erected whHt protection they <,ould against the
expected attack. After their fears were some-
what quieted 11y the non-appearance of the In-
ðians--and yet not knowing what they might ex-
pect-the settlers, who were mostly old men find
young boys unfit for war, and the women, gath-
ered together what they thoui'ht most needful,
and drove or walked nine miles to the nearest
town. Monticello. Although unwilling to leave
her home, 1\1rs. Byam, with a baby a few weeks
old and three older children, was obliged, as
she could not get anyone brave enough to stay
with her, to go, too. After staying there a
month, she and her family went to her sister
Louisa's (l\Irs. John Frank), whose husband
was also in the army, with whom she stayed a
month, and then rented a house in Rochester
Minnesota, where she remained until Mr. Bva
returned from the war, he being discharged on
account of illness. "When they returned to their
farm they found all their stock--cattle and forty
hogs-destroyed or lost. Two years later they
returned to Canada: and 1\'11'. B
'am became a
merchHnt and miller in tllP township of Caledon,
County Peel, remaining there about twenty-five
years, and being one of the most prominent men
in the locality. In 1883 he retired from active
business life and settled in Toronto.
On Aug. 2, 1849, Mr. Byam was mar-ried to
Miss Adeline McCurdy, who was born in Belle-
ville, Ont., Aug. 16, 1R27, daughter of Jonathan
and Mary (Frank) McCurdy. The children
born to 1\11'. and 1\1rs. Byam were as follows:
Adelaide, deceased, married Robert Johnson;
Chat'les. deceased, ma.rried l\Iary Edith Ramsay,
and left five children, :\Iildred, Otto, Francis,
Percy and Charles 1\[.; Carrie I.J. is the widow of
Dr. George Mark, of 1\It. Pleasant, Ont.; Fre-
mont R., of Toronto, married Annie Ramsay,
and hHS two sons. Jesse Fremont Howard and
Manly Frederick 1\1alcom; and Manly George
\Vashington, of New York. married Carrie
Lemon. and has one daughter, Dorcas May. Mrs.
BYHm is a leading member of the Methodist
Church, to which her husband a]so belonged. In
politirs Mr. Byam WHS a Reformer. Fraternally
he was a membpr of the Masons, the Orangemen
and the Royal BJark Knight,>.
1\11'. and Mrs. Byam celebrated their Golden
Wedding in 18!)!). at their home, No.
7 Home-
wood avenue, gathering around them their chil-
dren Hnd grandchildren, and many other rela-
tives as well. On Nov. 23, 1906, 1\[1'. Ryam at-
tcnded the silver wedding anniversary of his son.
Fremont Russell BYHm, and there gave an after
dinner speech, describing his trip of that :mm-
mer through the Western States to Nebraska,
via Lakcs Huron and Supprior. returning by
way of Montreal up the 8t, IJRwrence river
through the Thousand Is]ands to Toronto.
1\11'. Byam died sudden]y at his late homp, Dec.
8, 1906. He had been unusually wen and rheer-
ful when he retired the night bcforl.', but quietJy
passed away, from heart trouble, he fore mOMl-
\(1
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89
ing. His sons and grandsons acted as pall-
bearers a t his funeral, and the services were
conducted by Dr. Cleaver and the Rev. George
Jackson, B.A. Interment was made in Mount
Pleasant cemetery under the direction of the
Orangemen.
Samuel l.IcCurdy, paternal grandfather of
Mrs. Byam, was of Scotch descent, and was born
in Freeman, County of Antrim, Ireland. Being
a gentleman's son, he was educated for the law,
after which he emigrated to the {Tnited States,
settling in Kew Hampshire, where he owned an
extensive cattle ranch (which was looked after
by a manager). In his younger days he was one
of the renowned Green )lountain Boys. His
mother's brother, Stuart Barrey, was Governor
of PennsYlvania. Samuel MC'Curdv wm: the
father of'seven childrf'n: Jonathan; James, who
remained on the New England homl"stead; Joan-
na (1.\1rs. Joshua Smith) and Sarah (
Irs. George
Ferman, who also came to Canada; and Mrs.
Henman, Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Brown, who re-
maiDE'd in the United States.
Jonathan :;\[cCurdy. son of Samuel and father
of Mrs. Byam, was born May 24. 1801, in Sur-
rey, Kew Hampshire, and became a prominent
g-eneral merchant at Bellevil1e, settling there
when not more than twenty-five houses made up
the vil1age. In 1841, he and three others were
elected as a board of poliC'e to manag-e the af-
fairs of the village until 1830, when it was in-
corporated as a town. In 1851 :\fr. 1IcC'urdy
was appointed deputy reE've and he continued a
member of the council and as magistrate IIp to
his death in 1856. On Dee. 23. 1822. he married
Mary Frank. born at Williamsburg. Oct 14,
1800, daughter of William Frank, and they hall
children: Gordon, Charles, George, Russell,
James, Mrs. Byam, l\Iargaret. l\Iarf'tta, William.
Louisa and Helen.
WiUiam Frank, father of Mary (Frank) Mc-
Curdy, was born On the ocean during the voyage
of his parents, natives of Wurtemberg, Germany,
to the United States. Refusing to take up arms
ag-ainst Eng-Iand in the R-ebellion of the Thir-
teen Colonies in 1776, he became what was after-
ward known as an U. E. Loyalist, and received
grants of land in Canada from thc British
Crown. He macried 1.Iargaret Miller. who was
born of English descent in Albany, New York,
a daughter of wealthy parent,> who owned con-
siderable property in an,"l around Albany. They,
too, were loyal to the King, and wer(' forced to
leave their home. They buried their g'fIld under
the barn, built rafts and floated down the Huù-
son river to a place of safety. During this primi-
tive voyage, they suffered many hardships and
were threatened by hostilf' Indians, but finllIly
without loss of life reached a British post. When
peace was declared they returned to find their
home and barns destroyed and everything lost.
'I.'hey then moved to Williamsburg to begin life
afresh. Later 'he sold this farm, and moved to
Caledon township, County Peel, where he huilt
a grist mill, a sawmill and a brewery. His house,
which is still standing and in the family, was
then one of the finest and largest for miles
around.
JAl\lES B. BOUSTEAD was born in Carlisle.
England, in 1832, only son of Thomas and Ed-
wena (Bell) Boustead. His father came to Can-
ada in 1832, and settled at Newtonbrook town-
ship of York. He died the following yea'r.
\t thf' age of twenty-one 1Ir. Boustead organ
his busine<;s life hy entering- the employ
of
1.1es8rs. John ::\TaC'donald & Co., wholesale dry
goods merchants, "ith ",horn he remained for
one year. The following five years were spent
in managing a lar-!!e millin
and general husi-
ness at Hillsburg-, )VellinQ'ton countv. In i8.19
he returned to Toronto, where he engag-ed in the
wholesale provision business till the veal' 1874
after which he conducted a prospHo
S fire in
surance business. He wa.<; alsa an official As-
signee and Issuer of :Marriage Licenses.
:\11'. Boustead was elected to a seat in the citv
council in 1865, representing' what was then St.
David's Ward. and after the increase in the
number of wards took plaC'e he represented St.
James' Ward till 1897. He has l>f'en chairman
of all the most important committees of the <"itv
council, notabl;,>', the Fire. Water, Gas. Wat
r
'Vork<;, ExeC'utive, ana Claims Commissions com-
mittees. He was instrumental in reorganizing
the fire department. and he established the fire
alarm systf'm. Through his efforts the city ob-
tained the charter b;,>
whirh the present water
works were built. thus supplying pure water for
the city.
1\'11'. Boustead also took an active interest in
educational matters, and was a member of the
high school board. Nor did he take a less În-
ÌE,rest in military affairs. He was one of the
first memh('rs of the "Queen's Own." and soon
recei,'ed his commission as lieutenant. He was
present at Ridgeway in command of lIis company,
;lnd retired with the rank of captain. In churcq
work Mr. Boustead was an old pioneer. He was
superintendent of YorkviIle Sundav-school from
1866 to 1878. and of the Metrop'olitan sC'hool
from 1878 to 1891; also of the Sabbath St'hool
at what wa.<; then known as the ".J ohn 1IcDon-
aId" church, now "North Toronto." He also
held the office of trustee and steward in the
Central 1ff'thodist C'hurC'h, an offiC'e which he
filled in tllf' l\Tetropolibm church when a mf'ID-
bel' of it. For years Mr. Bou<;tead was choir-
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master of the olJ Adelaide street church, and
of Bloor street, now Central, church, and for
eleven years was connected with the Toronto
Philhar.monic Society, being vice-president,
then president. Recognizing the truth of the
adag'e, however, that "All work and no play
makes J
lck a dull boy," he eneouraged all kinds
of honest, healthy amateur sport, and was presi-
dent of the first bicycle club in this country, also
first president of the Canadian Vl1fieelmen's As-
sociation, lIe was for J ears a member of thl>'
Toronto La('rosse Club.
'111(:, cause of temperance always founù an
ardent supporter in :Mr. Boustead, and during
his work he had taken six hundred pledges. He
gallantly fought for the cause in the city council
when the question of reducing the number of
licenses was under discussion.
311'. Boustead was married, in 1856, to MÏss
TsHbl'lla .J Hne f:riffith. of this city. He died
_\pril 11th, 1902. f'urviving him are his widow,
éI son, Fred "'., of the City Treasurer's Depart-
ment, and a daughter, Mrs. A. Russell Clarke.
"A man of broad sympathies, genial manners
nnd untiring energies. many movements for the
;Idvancement of life in the community in some
form or other benefitf'd by his labor and patron-
ge."
THOi\L\
E. UANKON, JR. The firm 01' T.
('annon & Son, contractors, is probably onp. of
the best known in the Dominion on account of
the length of time in which it ha.o; he('n in busi-
ness and because of the size and importance of
the contracts accepted and carried out by it.
J'homas E. Cannon, f'r., the founder of the
business and father of Thomas E. Cannon, of 1'0-
1'Onto. was born in Kf'nt. England. in 18.14, and
grew to manhood in that pIa ('e. There he beeame
pngaged in the contracting business as foreman
for a railway company, and did similar work at
:\Ianchester and l..ondon. In 1870 he left 'his
native countr,' for the rnited States and set-
tling in Chic
go was in that city at' the time
of the g-reat fire in 1871. Immediatelv after the
fire he' was f'ngaged with a large
ontra
ting
firm in the rehuilding of the burnt district. In
1873 Ur. Cannon lo('ated in Toronto. and a short
time later enga,....o-ed with Lionel Yorke, a weIl-
l. nOWn contractor, with whom he remained until
that gentleman's death, in 1890. In this ('on-
nection Mr. Cannon had considerable to do with
the erection of St. Andrew's Church, and at the
time of 1\11'. Yorke's death they werf' engaged in
the ere('tion of the Parliament building, Queen's
Park, Toronto. They also built the present :Mc-
Conkey building, King
treet west: thf' Presby-
terian church. Denison avenue and W oolsley
street; the street railway barns, corner of George
and Front streets; Bank of Montreal building,
Front and Y onge streets; Standard Bank build-
ing, Jordan and Wellington streets; and the
Quebec Bank building, Toronto and King
streets.
Thomas E. Cannon, Jr.,.present propriet.Jr of
the firm of T. Cannon & Son, is a native of
London, England, born in 1867. He was edu-
eated in Chicago and Toronto, and bis entire
business life has been spent in the latter city,
engaged in contracting. In 1879 he engaged
with his father and 1\11'. Lionel Yorke, but in
1887 he went into business on his own account.
Among the buildings he erected were the Gas
Company building at the Bathurst Bridge; the
Chalmers church, 1888-89 j property in New To-
ronto; and the t()wer on the George Street Meth-
odist church. Pcterboro. In 1892 father and
SOn engaged in business together and since then
the following important structures have been
erected by them: Walmer Road Baptist church:
residence of the late Mr. Pratt, corner of St.
f:eorge and Bloor streets; the American Wa.tch
('ase Company building; Imperial Bank, lwad
office, Toronto; the bridge over the Highbnd
ere('k for York county: the Lawler building,
King and Yonge streets; and the Trinity Col-
l('ge School, Port Hope, Ont, A short time after
the partnership was formed, :Mr. T. E. Cannon,
Jr., took ('harge of the entire business, and 8ince
that time has be('n the owner and sole propri
t()r
thereof. The firm name has remained the same,
however, and Mr. Cannon, Sr., sti1l devote;;; his
time and experience toward the welfare of the
husiness. He has superintended the erection of
a number of building'S. among them bein
the
Bank of Commerce and the Impcrial Bank. both
(.f Toronto; the Hospital building at Lindf'ay.
Ont.; the Canada Foundry buildings at Haven-
{'ort. Ont.; and th(' re.,idence of D. D.
rann,
Esq.. at East Toronto.
The rapid gTowth of the business mad" it
neressary for the firm to have better accommoda-
tions than the former location offf'red. and in
consequ('nce, in 1905. they purchased the pres-
ent place, No. 75 Brock avenue. whrre they have
a large yard. furnished with proper machinery
for handling heavy matter. The;\' also have a
private siding. thus affording ample facilities
for the handling of all material used by thEm
in their extensive business interests.
.TOHN RIDOrT, who departed this life Sept.
1. lR94. was born in Toronto.
ray 8. 180fì. !';()n
of Samuel and Elizabeth (Parsons) Ridout. The
family is a very old one in Toronto, and it" his-
tory reaf'hes far hack into the old countr.v as
well. The first authentic record of the Ridf\uts
is in the College of ArnIs, London. where a ('oat
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n
of arms was granted, in 1.'531, to one Thomas
Ridout, of the Point of lIensbridge. in Somer-
set. The Ridouts ,"ere pri:l\cipally in Bland-
forJ and Sherbourne. Dorset, after the latter of
"hich ::;herbourne street, Toronto, was named
b
' 1\11'. Thomas Gibbs Ridout, son of the Hon.
Thomas Ridout. surveyor-general of Upper Can-
ada, who founded the family in the New \Y orJd.
Samu('l Ri
lout, the father of ,John Ridout, WI1S
a son of the Hon. Thomas Ridout, and was horn
at Hancock.
Iarrland, in 1778. He mat'
ied
Elizabeth Parsons. and they had C'hildren: .John:
Samuel George; Thomas; and five daughters.
After completing his literary studies .John
Ridout reaù law, and practised for a few years
in conjunction with his duties as Jeputy reg-
istrar of the County of York. He was ap-
pointp<'1 registrar of the County of Yõrk in 1855,
hl1ing that position until a short time priOlo to
his death. About the time of the outbreak of
the rebellion of 1837-3E- he organized a company
of militia, of which he was captain; they were
stationed at Niagara, guarding the border line.
:Mr. Ridout was all his life a member of St.
J pmf's' Church. In lS39 he married Charlotte
B. Powell, who was born in "l\Iudùy Yo...k"
(Toronto), March 15, 1814. and now rE'sidp,;; at
)\0. 2:)0 Rusholme road. :\Irs. Ridout is prob-
ably the oldest native-born resident of Toronto.
With the f'xception of a slight deafness ;;h
is
in possession of all her faC'ulties, and hE'r mind
is as clear as ever. She ha.... SE'E'n ml1ny changes
in the community, and her reminiscenc
:o; of
('arly days are very interesting and told in a
pleasing and entertaining way. :\Trs. Ridout is
a dmlghter of Dr. Grant and Elizabeth (Bleeek-
u) Powell, the former of whom was born in
England :\Iay 4. 1779, and died in January.
1838. He was inspector of the hospitals from
:\IontrE'al to Kiagara. His wife was a nativ.> of
Albany, New York.
.John Ridout and bis wife lwd the following-
children: Elizabeth Harriet. who marrit'd .John
oW. Langmuir, and had children; Charlotte, un-
married: Violet. who marrif'd :\11'. Gwyn Fran-
cis. I1nd has one daughter: and .J. Grl1nt, of the
Assistl1nt RP<'eiver General's Department. To-
ronto, who married Aliee Callighen. of Barrie.
Imd has no children.
"'ILLJA!\I :\TAC'JÆ.\X who passed awuy at.
his late residence. at Ko. 3
assau street. To-
ronto, April 24. 1898. was ,'ery well known in
bllsiness circles in thp Queen (,ity. Hp \VIIS born
1n Seotland in the year 1847. son of Wimam
MaC'lf'an. 11 weII-known hu<:iness man of Toronto.
now rptired.
:\11'. 1\Taclelm r{'{'eived his literary trainill!." in
his nl1tive country. being' ahout thirteen years 01'
age when he camé to Canada. \Vhen he was
bixteen we find him connected with the Bank of
:;\Iontreal, with which institution he remained for
thirteen years, holding the position of teller fo\'
s<,me time prior to his rcsÌ!mation. On Dec. 2i.
I8iD. while still conneeted with the BanI{ of
1\f ontreal, 1\11'. l\Iaclean ,,'as united in maniage
with l\Iiss )lary B. Stephens, daughter of Ù1e
late Moore I1nd May (Gibbons) Stephens, nat-
ives of Ireland. To this union were born eight
children. .\fter their marriage )11'. and
\Trs.
Maclean rC'sided in St.
Iary's for three y
ars,
and thenee he went to BrockviIle and latel" to
Toronto, where he became the inspector for the
Union Loan & Savings Company, of that (.ity.
l\Ir. )[aclean had been with this company hut a
short time when he becl1me teller, a position he
l)(']d until the spring of 1898. when he resi
ned
to go into the real estate business. He had
searcel
. become settled in his new business at
the time of his death.
For many years I1n official member of St.
Stephen's (,hureh, of Toronto, :!\fl'. Maclean was
a man well "known and hig'hly esteemed. He was
muC'h interested in curling, and was a prominC'nt
m<.>mber of the Victoria ('urling Club, of To-
ronto.
EDWARD DA('K (t1pc'eased). Probably no
business house in Toronto is better known than
that of R. Dack. at No. 73 King street west, the
present owner of thC' establishment being of the
third genera tion of the family to carr
T on the
same bnsiness in thf' same place.
The Dack fami1
. is of Irish extraction. and
was founded in Canada by Matthew Dack, who
was born in Ireland in 1786. and there mar-
ried Lucy Korman, a native of Stradhally. Ire-
land. In 1 t'3-t :\Tatthew Daek I1nd his family of
fìw childr<.>n eame to Canadl1, and after spend-
ing two years in Kingston settled in 1836 in To-
ronto. Here :'\[1'. Dack fouuded the boot and
!'hoe husinC'ss subsequently carried on by hi"l "Ion,
E(lward Dllek. and now b:v his grandson. Rob-
ert Bower Daek. In Irl
ll1nd Uatthew Dack had
been a hardware> merchant, hut after comin
to
('anl1da devoted himsclf to the shoe bu<;ines,;;. in
whi(.h 11(' C'ontimwd until his death, in 1
4
. His
C'hildren were: Catherine. df'ceaspcI: Ann; Dr.
'I'homl1s. deeeased: WiIlil1m. deceased; I1ml Ed-
ward.
On the del1th of his fl1ther Edward Dack suc-
eeeded to the business. which he earried on until
l1bout 1
R4, whpn he retired. His son RoÌ1ert
sueeeeded him. and still conduct"! the husiness.
Edwl1rd Dack was horn in Irf'land in 11313. Imd
was thpre f'duC'ated. eoming- to Canada with the
fl1mily in 1834-. His entire businf'ss Hff' was
spC'nt liS a shoc merchant in Toronto. wh('re he
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died in 1899. In Toronto, in 1849, Mr. Dack
and Miss Jane Bower Nixon were united in
marriage. Mrs. Dack was born in Dublin in 1822
and died in Toronto in 1889. She was a daugh-
ter of Thomas Nixon, a wholesale merchant of
Dublin, where he died in 1829. His wife was
Kate Bower, who also died in Dublin. Ireland,
and who was the elder daughter of Sir James
Bower, of Y õrkshire, England, a captain in the
Honorable East India Company's service; their
vessels were half merchantmen and half at'mf'd
cruisers. To Edward and Jane Bower (Nixon)
Dack were born: Edward, of the United States,
married Olive Wooldridge, by whom he had two
children; Emily, the wife of Frederick B. Wil-
son. of Chiswick, England, has three children;
Robert, who succeeded his father to the shoe
business, married (first) Minnie Sinclair, by
whom he had five children, and (second) ",Iary
Oldham, by whom he had one son; Miss Lucy, of
No. 24 Grosvenor street, Toronto; and Clara, the
wife of Alfred Effingham Mason, of Toronto. has
('ne daughter.
Mr. Dack was a member of the Church of
England, and in politics 'he was a Conservative.
He also associated with the York Pioneers. 1\11'.
Dack built the house at No. 11 Grosvenor street,
where he lived for thirty-five years.
THO
IAS C. MITCHELL was born in
?w-
market. County York, in 1859, and died in To-
ronto in 1902, from injuries received in a fall .
from one of the buildings at the Exposition
Grounds.
.T ohn and Minerva (Mosier) Mitchell, his
parents, were born in Scotland and Canada, re-
spwtively, the latter a daughter of Thomas Free-
man Mosier and Nancy Ann (McNulty) :Mosier.
,Tohn Mitch('lI came to Canada when a
'oung
man, settling- in I\ewmarket, wh('re he became
well known as the proprietor of the "lVIitl'hell
If ouse," conducting that hostelry for many
years. He and his wife still reside thC're. To
them the following named children were born:
Thomas C.; Harriet Heurietta Gibson; )Iinerva,
now Mrs. Thoma" Little, of Detroit; and .John.
Thomas C. :Mitchell rel'pivpd his education at
Newmarket, going to s('hool to the late Alex-
ander Muir. On rea('hing his majority hI' en-
tered the employ of the Grand Trunk Railway
Company, remaining with th,Ü compl1ny for
seven years, at the end of which time he took
up the structural iron business, working under
the direl'tion of the Dominion Bridge Company.
Tn this connection he was engaged on the iron
work in the ('it;\. HI111. the Parliament Build-
ing, the "King Edward Hotel," the store of the
Robert Simpson Company (by whom he was
twice engaged), the Globe building, the ltlail
building, the armories, etc., including many of
the most substantial structures in the city. It
was while thus engaged that :Mr. Mitchell fell
forty-five feet fronfthe Transportation building,
in the Exposition Grounds, receiving injuries
which soon proved fatal. He was very wen
l.'"IlOWll in Toronto, particularly in the line of
his work, and wa,> a member of the International
Architectural and Structural Iron \V orkers'
Union No. 23. Cheerful and liberal in disposi-
tion, he was well liked wherever known, and he
was a citizen highly respected by all.
In 1884 Mr. :Mitchell and Miss Joanna Pen-
nock were united in marriage by the late Rob-
ert Wallace. She was born in ::\Iarkham town-
ship, County of York, in 1854. daughter of John
and Charlotte (Vallier) Pennock, who were like-
wise born in the County of York. Truman Pen.
nock, Mrs. l\'Iitchell's grandfather, was born in
Strafford, Vermont. and was am on/! the parly
sC'ttlers of York. He married Catherine Badg>-
ero, who was born in the town of Cambridg-e,
Kew York State. John Pennock. Mrs. :Mitchell',i
father, followed farminQ' during his act.iví' Hfe,
and now lives retired in Toronto. His wife, whl)
rassed away in 1902, was a descendl1nt of a
distinguished French family. She was noted for
her fondness for poetry and music, her I!l'eat
love for nature, and her piety. Kind to her
neighbors, unselfish, cheerful under great trials.
she was beloved by all and the devoted friend
find C'onfidant of her children. She left the fol-
lowing family: Mrs. l\Iitchell. Mrs. Painter,
Angus, Truml1n, ,Joseph. Willis and Bernard.
To Mr. and :\Irs. Mitchell were born: John,
Charlotte finò :!\fyrtle. ::\Ir. Mitchell attendpd
the Presbyterian Church. He WI1.<; a ConsC'rva-
tive in political matters. Mrs. Mitchell resides
at present at No. 311 !lIarkham strept.
ROBERT COLIN GW A'rKI
, who died in
Toronto in 1889, was born in Clifton. Enghmd.
in 1819. son of \Villiam Gwatkin and grandson
of Rohert T...ovrll Gwatkin, both of ,,-hom died
in EI1p:ll1nd.
Rob(,I't Lovell Gwatkin's home wa
in \Yales.
and his wife, "Offie" Palmer, whom h(' married
in 1781, wa.<; a favoritr nif'pe of
ir .Joshua
Re:molds. On pl1ge 97 in the "Life of
ir
,Joshua Reynolds" is found: "Early in that
year (1781) his niece 'Offie' Palmer married
Richard (sic-should }](' Rohert) Jlovell Gwat-
kin, a Cornish squire; the marriage took place-
at Torrington. There is a charming lettí'r of
Sir .Toshua's writt('n on this occa.,>ion to his fav-
orite niecf'; it finishes thus: 'Thl1t yon may be
as happy as you both deserve is my wish, and
you will bf' the happiest couple in England. So
God bless yon.'" Offie (Palmer) Gwatkin lived
COl'C\IK\IUR.\ TIYE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
bappily \\ith her husband, and dicd at the age
of ninety; she was permitted to see her child-
ren's grandchildren.
William Gwatkin, son of Robert Lovell and
Offie. died at the untimely age of twenty. nine,
and his little son Robert Colin wcnt to his grand-
father's home.
Robert C. Gwatkin came to Toronto at the age
of sixteen years. He learned the grocery busi-
ness under 1'11'. ::\Ioore, afterward Perkins &
Co., now Perkins & Ince, :Mr. 'Villiam Ince. Sr.,
learning his business at the same time. 1\11'.
Gwatkin went into the grocery business on King
street east, opposite S1. Lawrence market. He
continued in business there until the great fire
which destroyed that part of the city, and soon
after he went to the Lnited States and engaged
in business in Green Bay, 'Visconsin. From
there he went to Vicksburg, Mississippi. remain-
ing until the close of the Civil war. In 18t:5 he
returned to Toronto, and resumed the grücery
business on Edward street, later moving to the
corner of King and Bay streets. whel"(' he en-
gaged in printil1g, finall
T removing the busi-
ness to the corner of Bay and "r ellington
street,>, where he remained until his death.
In 1843 :Mr. Gwatkin married :Miss 11ary
Theresa Todd, born in England. daU!
hte.r of
'William and Sarah (Brow'n) Todd. Mrs.
Gwatkin was born in 1818, and died in 1899.
This marriage was ble,>sed with the following
children: R-Obert. of Toronto: Clara ThHesa,
who married Robert H. Verrall. a native of Eng-
land, who came to Canada when a young man
f. in politics a Conservative. in religion It com-
municant of the Church of England. and in fra-
ternal connection a member of the Sons of En
-
land) ; William Henry. who resides in Toronto:
.J ohn, of Ohio; Lucy T., deceased: Sarah, Mrs.
Bailey of "The Soo" (American); George St.
John, of Toronto; and Beatrice. of Toronto.
1111'. Gwatkin was a member of the Churc>h of
England. In his politic>al sympathies he was a
Conservative.
HENRY JO
BOrIJTON. who passed away
in the Queen City in 1R7tî. was a native of To-
ronto. born in IR26. son of the late Chief Justice
Henry Boulton. for some time Chief .Justice of
Newfoundland. .Justice Boulton was a native of
England and was there enucated. Un coming
to Can ad;! he was for a time a resident of To-
ronto, from which place he went to Newfound-
land, accepting the position of Chief Justic>e, but
later returning to Toronto. where hp dipd.
Henry .Tohn Houlton was enucnted at Upper
Canada College and at Trinity TTniversity. He
read law in Toronto, and followed the profes-
"ion succ>essfulI
T for a short time, afterward
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turning his attention to modern farming. He
owned a large tract in the township of Moul-
ton, and here he introduced into Canada the tile
s
'stem of land draining, which has proved so
valuable to the rural districts. Mr. Boulton'8
home was known as "Humberford," and was
located near Thistledown, this property, one of
the beautiful spots of Canada, being also drain-
ed with tile. After some ten years spent here
}[r. Boulton returned to Toronto, where he
lived practically retired until his death.
In 1852 Henry John Boulton married l\1iss
Rudyerd, daughter of Henry Rudyerd, an offi-
cer in the British army. Henry Rudyerd came
with his regiment to Canada prior to thf Re-
bellion of 1837-38, and here received his <lis-
('harge from militRry service. At the outbrc>ak
of the Rebellion, however, be offered his serv-
iN's to his country. and on cessation of hostili-
ties settled in Toronto for a time, whence be
returned to England, and there ilied.
To Mr. and Mrs. Boulton were born the fol-
lowing children: Henry Rudyerd, of the Hank
of Montreal lit Brockvil1e; Reginald RHLlyerd,
of Toronto; Const.ance Rudyerd: Elizab'3th Rud-
erd; W oIfrid Rudyerd; and Marion Rudyerd.
1\11'. Boulton waS a member of the Church of
England, to which faith the family adheres.
In politics he was a Conservative.
J AllIES S. I\'Icl\mRRA Y, who died. in Toronto
in 1895, was for many years a well-known bar-
rister of that city. He was born at Dundas, Ont.,
in 1840, son of Rev. William nnd Charlotte
(.Johnstone) l\Icl'Iurray. the former a native of
Ireland, and the latter of Canada. daughter of
J ohn Johnstone, who settled in Canada many
years ago.
Rev. William McllIurray was born in Ireland
in 1810. and was the founder of the family in
Canada, coming' here when a year old. HI' was
""\Iissionary of the- Church of England, at Smllt
Ste. Mari
, for some time. later at Dundas. and
for thirty-six
'ears at
iagara. At his death
he was arcbdeacon of Niagara.
James 8. McMurray was educated at Dundas
and Hamilton. IInd then entered the law offices
of Cameron & Harman. where he pursllpd his
leglll studies. He was called to the Bar in 1R63.
and settled down to practice in Toronto, where
he was actively em!aged Imtil his death. In ad-
dition to bis legal practice, Mr. McMurray filled
a number of prominent public positions, both
local and international. He was an aldermlln for
some time, was secretary to the Hon. George
Brown at a conference in Was'hing-ìon. D.C., in
1872. and at the time of his death was vice-
consul to Norwav anò Sweden. Mr. McMurray
WIIS instrumenta1 in Imilding thf' new Home for
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CO:\1MEl\'IORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECOlm
the Protf'stant Orphans on Dovercourt road.
Toronto, and wa.<; interf'sted in all movements
for good of present and future generations.
In 1864 Mr. McMurray married Elizaùeth
Fuller, daughter of the late Right He,'. Thomas
Hrock Fuller, Bishop of Niagara, and his wife,
Cynthia (Street) Fuller, the latter of rnited
Empire Loyalist ancestry. Rev. Thoma<; Brock
J<'uller was a son of Major Thomas Richlll'd Ful-
ler, of the 4Jst Regim.
nt, who came to Canada
with his regiment. settling in Kingston. The
Rev. Mr. Fuller was bom in 1810., and after
being educated at "Little York" and Chambly,
Quebec, was located at ,1ontreal for some time
ns curate in the parish ('hurch. He then went
to Chatham and Thorolù. and in 1860 located
in Toronto, and wa." consecrated Bishop of Ni-
agara in 1875. His death occurred in Hamilton
in 1884. His children were: 1111's. MacLeod;
1111's. l\'fe1\1urray; 1\lrs. Benson; and si" sons.
1\Irs. MplVIurra
v was born in Thorold in 1843,
and her entire life has been spent in Canada.
To Mr. and 1111's. )1c Murray were born six chil-
dren, as follows: Leonard L.. of Toronto; Ar-
thur, deceased; Louis S.. of Toronto: .J ames S.,
of Toronto; Elizabeth Street: and Douglas S.,
of Winnipf'g. T'hp family are members of tbe
Chureh of England. Mr. McMurray was 11 Con-
servative.
ALEXANDER A. i\L\f'KID, who dipd at
No. 168 Dowling avenue, Toronto, Marl'h 30,
1904, was born 1\Iareh 30. 18;;4, in Goderich,
Ont., son of the Rev. A. :\fackid. B.A.. who was
born in Scotland, and who came to Canada when
a young man, founding the family in thi" ('oun-
try-the only family of thf' name in th(> Do-
minion.
Rev. A. Mackid was a well-known Presby-
terian clergyman of God('rieh for many years,
in which place hf' died. His wife. whose m
dden
name was .Julia Brown. was horn in (}od('rich,
daughter of thf' late Georgp Brown. of Goder-
ieb, a native of EnQ'1and. where hp had heen a
large ship owner. The C'hildren of Rev. A. and
.Tulia (Brown) Maekid were liS follows: Alex-
ander A.; John 1\r.. deceased; Dr. H. Go<,dsir,
of Calgary; and Per('y. decpased. The Ma(.kids
of Canada descend from one of the first fami.
lies of RC'otland. and "inee locating in thc Do-
minion have manifeste<l the same' strong char-
acteristies for whiC'h their 8cottish IInC'f'stors
were noted.
Alexander A. MaC'kid was eih1<'at.ed at Goder-
iC'h and Kingston. His husinf'ss liff' WIIS l)f'gun
in the Bank of ('ommerce at GoderiC'h, with t.he
late TIon. A. 1\1. Ross. linn he was IIf'filillted with
the hllnk for sixtf'en ypars. In lR91 MI'. "!\{ac-
kid s('ttlei\ in Toronto 1I11i\ was assof'illted with
the Dominion Permanent & Loan Company, and
the Western Loan & Investment Company of
l\Iontreal. Later he beeame inspect.or for the
Trust & Guarantee Company, of Toronto, a po-
sition whicb he filled until his death. :\11'. Mac-
kid's business relations made him well known
throng'hout ('lInada, and there were none more
highly esteemed.
On Sept. 14. 1873. ::\11'. :\1lIckid married Miss
Mary Victoria MpKay, who \VIIS born in IIamil-
fon, daughtei' of the late Rev. W. E. 1\1C'Kay,
RA.. and .\ng-C'lina (Lockwood) 1\1C'KIlY. Rev.
\Y. E. ::\TC'Ka.y was educated in King-st.on and
Toronto, and spent his life as a Presbyt('rian
minister in Canada. He died at Orang-eville
.June 4, 1
85. and there his widow still re!'ides.
Mrs. Angelina (Lockwood) McKIIY is a daugh-
ter of the late Colonel Lockwood, a United Em-
pire Loyalist, who cam
to the Dominion from
the United States, about the time of the .Ameri-
can Revolution.
To Alexander A. and Mary Victoria (Mc-
Kay) l\'I1IC'kid were born four children: Percv
.John Digby, an electrical engineer of Toronto;
Harr
" Aitchey 'Walter, IIccountllnt in the :ì\'Ietro-
politan Bank. Queen street west, Toronto: Rutb,
who is t.he wife of Percy H. Kane. aC'f'01mtant at
thf' Bank of OttawlI, lit Toronto. Ont.: ann
Mary. no\\' fini!'hing her C'oursf' of music in New
York City.
Mrs. Maekid is a Daug-hter of the EmpirE> (as
are also her daug-htf'rs)
1lld a member of 1h(' F.
'E. LOYlllists. Her son" are IIffiliatC'd with the
r.O.O.F. Tn religion thp family lire members of
the ChurC'h of England. !Ill'. l\'f1lC'kid \VIIS a
Conservative in politics. In fraternal matters
he was conneC'ted with the Commercial Travel-
lers' Assof'iation. the LO.O.F., the ROYI)I Ar-
C'anum, thf' A.O.n.W., and the 1\Il1tual Reserve
Assuran('e Company, of New York. He was a
man highl
T respeeted hy all who kn('w him. for
his business ability, his irreprollchable integ-
rity and many other sterling qualities appreci-
ated by those who had dealings with him. His
remains rest in the GoneriC'h ef'metf'ry, beside
those of his pllrents.
REV. .JOHN DUNN DTNNT('K. D.D.. was
horn in England in 1841. IInd hi" rl<'3.th opcurred
in Toronto in 1901. tllking from that C'ity one
of its most highly estf'emen ('hristilln g('ntle-
men. Dr. Dinniek WIIS the son of Thomas and
Mllry (Dunn) DinniC'k. thf' fOrTI1f'r of whom \VIIS
in the Civil RerviC'e in Endand for many years,
ann WI!!'; well-to-do IInd weI11rnown in his Dlltive
eount.r:,>T. Therf' his son, .John Dunn Dinnick,
was eduC'aten. attending thf' public school;:; and
C'o]Jeges. IInd having- deeided upon the ministry
as a life profession. he prepared for the pra<'tl<'e
COMl\IE
IOR}.. TIYE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
9:>
thereof and received the degree of Doctor of Di-
vinity. For a quarter of a century Dr. Dinnick
was a Methodist minister in some of the lead-
ing churches of England, among which may be
mentioned churches at r..ondon, Brighton and
Ramsgate. At Aldershot he built the' Rotunda
Church, and the Soldiers' Home, and he also built
churches at Reigate. Rcdhill. Farnham anJ
Guildford. On account of failing health the Doc-
tor's physiC'ian advised him to make a h'ip to
Canada, in accordance with which he tour!'d the
country for se,'en months. and returned to Eng-
land, resuming his position at Brighton. On
continuing his work the Doctor soon foun!l that
his health required a second trip to Canada. and
he spent some months in this country. again re-
turning to his native land. where he remained
for four
'ears. He' then clime with his f:imily
to Toronto, where he Ih'ed until his death.
Dr. Dinnick WIIS devoted to his work liS a
minister of the Gospel, and ever gave his hearty
support to all church mowm('nts and rpforms
for the betterment of his fellowmen. He preach-
ed in nearly ever
' pastorate church in the city,
and thus became well and widely known IInd
most highly esteemed. Dr. Dinnick "VII!; wen
vnown as a writer on theological topics, his con-
tributions being printed b,. some of the leading
magazines, and in both his writings and ser-
mons his arguments were logical and convinc-
mg.
Dr. Dinnick married :Miss Charlotte :M. Sav-
ery, a native of Cornwall, England, and dllugh-
tel' of William and Martha (Bowden)
a\'ery,
the former a large land owner and one of the
leading men in financilll C'irC'les of CornwalL
where both he and his wife died. To Dr. and
Mrs. DinniC'k were born thl' following C'hildren:
.Tohn EI'ncst. who dird in Endand at the age
of twent
'-one years: A U
lstus George, man-
ager of the Casualty and Boiler Immrance Cl)m-
pany, of Toront.o: "'ilfrid R. manllgel' and
vice-president of the
bmdard LOlln Company,
and also vice-president of the Casull1ty and
Boiler Insurance Company; Rev. SamuC'1 Dunn,
pastor of Zion l\Iethodist Church of Toronto;
Oswa1d Too M.D.; l\Iiss Annie S., at home; D.
Vincent: IInd Theodore', decf'ased.
Mrs. Dinnick and hcr d:mghter. Annie, re-
side on Clinton avenue, Deer Pllrk
HEXRY TJIDDET..T-" YERCOR ßLD.. whose
death took place at Toronto in .Jul
'. 1
iG. was
an eminent physician and belonged to an hon-
orahle Canadian family of Emr1ish extraction.
His fath('r was ,John Vere'oe. and his mother
was a sister of Capt.
Tames T..iddell. of the Royal
Navy. .John Yerco(' C'lIme from England to ('an-
MIa and settled at Spllrta. neilI'
t. Thomas,
where he engaged in farming and whf'r(' he
and his wife died.
Dr. Vercoe had only common-school advan-
tages in his youth, and to make his way through
medical college he was obliged to exert all his
energies. He succeeded in graduating with his
degree from )IcGill Universit
T in l\Iay, 1868,
IInd had the satisfaction of carrying off the
chief prize. He settled at Sparta in practi!'e for
two
'ears. and then removed to Seaforth, where
be remained until on a('C'ount of failmg hf'alth
he went to Texas. .While there he was ur!!ed t.o
accept a position as memher of the faculty of
a college. but this honor he was obliged to de-
cline on account of dl'1Ïcllte health. He re-
turned North in 18R-t and dieå the following-
:year-a loss to family and friends ami to a
profession whiC'h he was fitted to adorn.
Dr. Vercoe married Phoebe Bristol. daughter
of Coleman Bristol. who belongs to a fine old
English family which settled in the 1.Tnited
States prior to the American Revolution anJ
when trouble arosf' joined the Pnitf'd Empire
Loyalists, subsequently coming to Canllda and
settling on the Bay of Quinte. At the close
of the war they took up a large body of bush
land. which they cleared, making a fine home
here. The paternal grandfather of l\Irs. Ver-
coe married Elsie Ellsworth and their chiidren
were: .John, Norris, Joel, Coleman, Elizabeth,
Susan and Elsie.
Coleman Bristol was born on the BIIY of
Quinte in 1796. He took part in the war of
1812. during which he was a sentinel at 'Wolf
Island. He became possessed of 300 acres of
hmd. and died on his home in 1886. He married
Katie "T a,. and they hlld C'hildren as foHows:
Caroline; . Dr. Amo
. dpceased: Sarah: :\Im
';
Catherine : James: Louis: and Phoebe. l\Irs.
Vercoe.
The following children were born to Dr. Ver-
coe and wife: Gertrude is the wife of .A rchie
lIIcIJean. grandson of Chief .J l1l"tice JllcI..pan,
and they have two sons. Archie and Duart;
Frank is Jeceased: Augnsta i;:; the wife of
Herbert To" nsend, Rosslan,i. and has two
daughters, Dorothy anò Helen: Harold. of Win-
nipeg, married Relf'n 'icKeC'hnie. and hll<; one
daU!!'hter.
The late Frank Vercoe, whose young- lif!' was
saC'rificed in South Africa. was a hril1illnt
'ol1ng
man. a civil engineer, and at the time of death
was in the path of dut
. following an honor-
ahle career. lIe was gradullt('d at the RO
Tal
Militllr
' College. Kingston. where he received
the gold mf'dal in apprecilltion of his scholllr-
ship. For a f'hort timf' he was with thC' Can-
adian PIIC'ific Raih,IIY Company and in \'arl-
ous positions testifif'd to his professional skill.
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CO
IME:MURATI IE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
In 1900 he took advantage of a chance to go to
South Africa, where he was at the time of the
Boer war, and after its close he was made acting
resident engineer at Bloemfontein. In his
death Canada mourned the lo
s of one of her
most valued sons.
COL. SALTER 1\[ JARVIS. The late Lieut.-
Col. Salter Mountain Jarvis was born at Corn-
"all in 1844, son of the late George Stephen
Jarvis, judge of the County of Stot'mont for
nearlv fiftv vears. He !:ntered Trinity College,
recei
ing
Ìiberal education, prior to which he
was for years a pupil of rpper Canada College.
He then became a student of law, hut for some
vears did not devote himself to the practice
f his profession. Hp began his active military
career as a sergeant in Trinity's College Com-
pany of the Queen's Own Rifles, and saw serv-
ice with that famous corps at Ridgeway in
1866. I..ater he was promoted 'toO the captain-
cy of the company and was afterward made
major anò adjutant of the battalion. In 1882
he retired with the rank of brevet lieutenant-
colonel. Colonel Jarvis came of good enited
Empire Loyalist stock. his granòfather having
served in the wllr of 1776, and his father in the
war of 1812. Though not a conspicuous poli-
ticilln he was. nevertheless, a staunch upholder
of Liberal-Conservative principles. Artic>les
from his pen appeared in many of the Canadilln
marrazines dealinrr with both military and poli-
tic
affairs, whi
h showed him to be a deep
practical thinker, as well as facile writer. His
mother was a member of the 1\'J:olmtain family,
known in Qnpbec and Montreal from the earliest
days of the country, her father, Bishop Moun-
tain, being the first Rishop of Quebec.
Colonel .Tarvis was a firm adherent of the
Church of England. Ry nature he was one
of those fine-stnmg, sensitive men, scnlpulous
to a deQTee in his business transactions. the very
soul of hi!!'h principle. and ,,'hose instincts re-
volted at the bare thou!!'ht of an unmanly or un-
worthy act. He was liberal in the òispensation
of hi" charity and ever took keen interest in
benevolent and philanthropic work.
In 1881 Colonel .Jarvis married Jennie E. sf'P-
ond òau
hter of Mr. .John E. Brooke, one of the
pioneer families of Toronto, whose grandfather,
Daniel Brooke. eame to 'Toronto, in the early
days of the nineteenth century, from Englanò.
Colonel Jarvis died in 1890. leaving- a son, G.
Arth 1 1r Jarvis, at the time of this writing at-
taphed to the staff of the Bank of Montreal in
Toronto; and "Muriel B. Jarvis, residing in To-
ronto.
JOHN KAY. In the death of John Kay, who
passeò away Dec. ]6. 1891. Toronto lost onp. of
her most energetic business men. Mr. Kay
was born in Garqunnock, near Stirling, Scot-
land, in 1817, and came to Canada when little
more than twenty years of age, settling in Lit-
tle York. For about three years he was en-
gaged with the old wholesale house of Ross,
Mitchell & Co., and at the expiration of that
time the firm of Bettey & Kay was established
at the southeast corner of King and Yonge
streets, where they carried on a business for
nearly twenty years. The partnership was then
dissolved, Mr. Kay conducting the business
alone until 1881, when he removed to No. 34
King street west and engaged exclusively in the
line of carpets, his favorite department in the
trade. In 1887 ,John Bryce Kay, his son, and
Colin Fraser Gordon, his son-in-law, wcre taken
into partnership, and since that time the :firm
name has been John Kay, Son & Company.
Early in the spring of 1R91 Mr. Kay's health
hegan to decline, and as his physician urged
him to withdraw from husiness, he decided to
travel for a time and made a trip around the
world, starting in Febn18ry, accompanied by
his sec>ond son. Frank, and the Rev. D. J. Mac-
donnell, the l
tter returning to England from
Ceylon, while fathe
and son proceeded via
.Japan to Canada. Having benefited by the voy-
age. Mr. Kay resumed business with his usual
activity, and continued until December, when
áfter a short illness he died on the ]6th of that
month.
"!'IIr. K::ty, at the time of his death. was one
of thf' oldest merchants doing business on King
street. and was known from one end of the Do-
minion to the other, as well as in many of the
European markets. A bout three years r.f his
life had been spent On the ocean, as he had
crossed the Atlantic nearly one hundred times.
1\11'. Kay was twice married, his first wife
bearinQ' the maidf'n name of Agnes Brycp Cul-
len. To this union were born thrf'e òaughters,
Katherine (Mrs. D. C. Ridout), Eliza (Miss
Kay), Janet Paterson (Mrs. Colin F. Gordon),
and two sons, James (deceased) and John Bryce
Kay (who carried on the business of the firm
until the autumn of 1906). Mr. Kay's sccond
wife was Ellen C. Macartney (deceased), and
their children were: Francis, who died in 1901;
anò a daug-hter Helen, residing in Toronto.
While Mr. 'Kav had no desire for public life
and declined
Il offers of official position, 'he
was an ardent Liberal and supporter of the Hon.
Georg-e Brown. Mr. Kay was a pillar of St.
And
ew's Church, and it was mainly throug-h
his efforts that the St. Andrew's Institute l1uild-
ing on Nelson street was erected. Mr. Kay was
truly a genial gentleman, a liberal contributor
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to nil philanthrnpie and rf'lig-ions obj<:'cts, and
he was hf'lm f'd h
' all who Imf'\\'" him.
TIIO
IA
TIIO:\IP:::;O
, now living retired
at Xo. 13
f'rescent road, Tm'onto, was for many
years a well-known \\holesale and retail merch-
ant of that city, \\hei'è he was born Jan. 9,
1832. The Thomp:son famil
' was originally of
Yorkshire. England, and wal'> foundf'd in Can-
ada h\" Thoma
Thompson (2), the father of
the TI
omas Thompson who is the subject of this
sketch.
Thomas Thompson (2) was born in York-
shire, England, in 1t'O:
, son of Thomas Thomp-
son, who also came to Canada. 'rhomas Thomp-
son (2) came to Toronto (then "l\Imldy York")
in 1830, and for some time conducted a private
sehool, one of the first in the place. He f>ubse-
quently went into the mercantil<:' businp!',
, on
King strf'et west, OIl ground now o('cupied hy the
Stitt Costume f'ompaJlY, f'ngag;ng in th<:, boot
and shof' trarlp. He purchnsf'd his stock in
Iontr<:,al shippiI1'" it bv boat to 1'oronto. His
was the' first boot and' shoe store in Toronto,
and was succ<:'ssfully conductf'd by Mr, Thomp-
son for a number of years. He finally clof>ed it
out. however, and nf'xt embm'ked in g'f'neral
merchandising at the corner of Francis and King
strf'et ea...t, opposite the market, whf're hp con-
tinued in businpss until his death. in
1868. His wiff', Rebecca (Boyce), was
born in Yorkshire. England, in 1800. and
died in Toronto in 187R. They were mpmbers of
the ::\Iethodist Church. Their ehildren who gorf'w
to maturity were as follows: John R., born in To-
ronto in 1830, a shoe merchant of the city from
1871 to 1890, married l\1argarpt Duff, and their
children are Svdenham. Bennington, Rebecca,
May, Gf'orge L:. Florence and Robert; Wiìliam,
decl'ased, who was a profp
sor in a college in
Brooklvn
ew York married Miss Blachtone,
by wh
m' hp had fiv
children; Thomas is men-
tioned below.
Thomas Thompson recf'ived his education in
Toronto, his teacher being
Ir. .Tohn Boyd, of
the Bay Street Academy, the father of the pres-
ent Sir John Boyd, and among his schoolmates
were Sir John Boyd, Vç. H. Pearson, :MI:'. Foster
(a well-known optician of the city), .Tohn Has-
sen. Michael Dwan, William Thomson and Jos-
eph Lawson. "\V'hen thirteen years of aga Mr.
Thompson left school and entered upon the
duties of life as a clerk in his father's store. In
1R64 he became a partner, and on the (leath
of his father, in 1868, took ovpr the bu!'>iness,
which he conducted until his retirempnt from
active commercial life in 1890, the business in
turn being taken over by his sons, who con-
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ducted it for some time, closed it out and em-
barked in another line.
On April 26, 1R5!j. 1\11'. Thompson married
Iiss Hester Carbert, who was born at "!.\Iarston
:\Ioor, in the house in which Olivf'r Cromwell
passed the night before the battle of ::\Iarston
Moor. Her parf'nts, Joseph and Lucy (.Jf'fI'er-
son) Carbert. were natives of Yorkshire, Eng-
land, the former born in 1790, and the latt<:'r in
1791; they died in Toronto in 1837 and 1856,
respectively. 'I'hey came to the city in 1844 from
Yorkshirf', England, where l\Ir. Carbert had l)een
a farmer for many years. Their family was a
large one, and Hester. l\Irs. Thompson, was the
young-pst rlaughter.
To l\Ir. and Mrs. Thomas Thompson have bpen
horn a large family, all sons:
Iajor .J.
Boyce, of the (
ueen 's Own, is a merphant of To-
ronto. where he wa... born, and where he mar-
ried Miss l\IcCausland, by whom he has one son,
Gordon (a member of the class of 1907, TTniver-
sity of Toronto), and one daughter, Mildred;
\Yilliam Alfred, born in 1860, is a real estate
df'aler of Toronto; Dr. Percy \Valker is a medi-
cal pl"actitioncr of London, England; Bert is de-
cea,>ed; Arthur is also deceased; Thomas C.;
Georg<:, is a resident of British Columbia; Dr.
Frank is deceased.
::\Ir. Thompson wa... made justice of the peace
in 1885. In 1882 he was the Liberal candidate
for East Toronto for the Dominion House. his
opponent being John Small, collector of customs.
The city being strong-Iy Conservative, l\Ir. Small
won the election, although Mr. Thompson polled
the highest Liberal vote. He was a licpnse com-
missio
er for a number of years, and wa... also
a member of the library board for some years.
He is now a member of the Victor 1\1ission
Board, and he is an official member of the Carl-
ton Street Methodist Church. to which he has
always belonged, and of which his wife has also
been a member for many years.
On April 26, 1905, Mr. and Mr
. Thompson
held a celebration in honor of the fiftieth anni-
Vf'J'sarv of their wedding at their home, which
was attf'nded not only by all members of the
family, but by a number of time-'honorerl
friends.
JOHN KERR. In the death of the late John
Kerr, ,,
hich occurred July 12, 1896, Toronto
lost one of her prominent business men, who
had been among thp large real estate holders and
at the head of two extpnsive wholesale estab-
lishments.
Mr. Kerr was born at Carney Hill, County
Tyrone, Irpland, in 1819. and in his native land
recf'ived a good education, and on reaching man-
hood made his first essay in business-a career
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destined to be uniformly successful. Embarking
in the confectionery line, he was so engaged untit
the thirties, when he broke off aU connections
in the Old W orId and sailed for the New. J.Jand-
inQ' in New York he remained in that CIty a few
years, and during that time resumed his previous
occupation, but about 1840 decided to Ipave the
United Rtates entirely, and settle in Canada in-
stead. He removed to Toronto and opened up
a ba.kery and a confectionery businpss. p,lch on
a wholesale scale. In the former line he wac; one
of the pioneers in the city, and estahlishpd him-
self at No. 324 Queen street west. The location
of his confectionery business was in that same
vicinity. and in both lines Mr. Kerr was very
succeR,<;ful and huilt up a large tradc, thus win.
ning for himself recognition as one of the city's
prominent business men. :Mr. Kerr was a large
property owner, especially in thl' region where
his own stores were located. In addition to the
Imsiness houses erected by Mr. Kerr himself, two
handsome brick stores have been put up since his
death hy his wife, who manages th(' estate. He
11 Iso owned considerable residence property in
different parts of the city, partieularly On Bul-
wer street, and all of this was very valuanle. The
family home at No. 32 Maynard avenue, where
1\Irs. Kerr still rpsidps, was built by her hu<;hand.
Not only was Mr. Kerr an able business man,
but he was also equally prominent in both mu-
nicipal and church affairs. For sewn years he
WRS a valued memher of the conncil of Toronto,
repr:p;;;enting the district of St. Patrick's \Vard.
for the Rpfoml party, and during this term of
service he worked on several of the most import-
ant committees. His church relations wcre es-
tablished with the Queen City
Iethodist Church,
in which he was a leading member, and served
for twenty years as recording Eteward. Al-
though firm in the faith of the
lethodist Church
1\11'. Kerr was not, however. higoÍf'd in hi" views,
but was broad-minded and ever rcady to recog.
nize a true faith and genuine manhood. wher-
evpr fonnd. He was also a mpmher of the Ma-
sonic fraternity, taking a prominent part there
as elsewhere. and likewise held the offil'e of chap-
lain in the Enniskillen Orange Lodge.
Twice wedded, Mr. Kerr's nrst marriage was
to Miss Mary Weir, and to this nnion was born
one daughter, Susan, now the wife of Rpv. .r. W.
Sparling, D.D., of Wesley College, Winnipeg.
There are three
andchildren. JÆura, .Tohn and
Fritzie. Aftpr the loss of his first wife 1\'[1'.
Kerr, in 1884, married Miss Ann .Tanp Ne'wton,
who was born in Robin Hood's Ray. Yorkshire,
England, in 1862, daug'hter of Capt. Thomas
and Catherine (Dwyer) Newton. The former,
who was horn in 1822, in Lincolnshire, Eng-
land, a direct descendant of Sir Isaac Newton,
was for many years a sea captain, and he died
in 1900. His widow resides in Toronto at pres-
ent. 1\1rs. Kerr was the eldest of their four-
teen children. and she hersplf hecame the mother
of two daughtprs. A nnie, the eldest, was gradu-
ated in 1903, from the Abbe Loretto School for
Ladies in Toronto; and Kathleen May completed
her literary course at the Jameson Avenue Col-
legiate school in 1905. Both daughters are now
living at home. Since the death of her husbanà
Mrs. Kerr has had charge of the property. and
has managed it with unusual success, proving
herself possessed of much genuine business ca-
pacity. All of the valuable store property which
1\ fl'. Kerr left has been advantat:reously rented.
In the career of a self-made man like :ðIr.
Kerr there is much to serve as an example and
an encouragement to others. An upright, hon-
est business man, his fair dealing won the re-
spect of all, while his devotion to his work, his
energy, and sound judgment brought material
prosperity.
JAMES G. MACDONELL, of No. 11 MacDon-
ell avenue, Toronto, represents one of the city's
old and prominpnt families and resides on land
that has been in the Ma.cDonell name since they
first settled in Canada.
The 1\IacDonells are of Scotch extraction, and
the first to come to Toronto was Alexanàer,
grandfather of James G. IIe was a pioneer in
that part of the country and bought up large
amounts of land in what is now the west end of
the city. MacDonell avenue, one of the fine resi.
dential streets of Parkdale. is named for this
family. Alexander MacDonell had five sons,
James, Allan, Samuel, Alexander and Angus.
James -:\IacDonell, the eldest son of Alex-
ander, was born in Toronto in 1808, and died
there Feb. 6, 1865. He was a grandnephew of
the Colonf'l
IacDonel1 who fell with Brock at
Queenston Heights, and received from the Col-
onel the property at the corner of King and
Church streets, Toronto. He married :\liss Mar-
garet Leah Smith, who was born in the County
of York, daughtpr of Col. Samuel Smith. who
was for many years attorney-general of rpper
CaJ1ada and at one time govèrnor-general there-
of. -:\lrs. MacDonell died Nov. 22, 1892. Chil-
dren as follows were born to James and Ma.r-
garet Leah MacDonell: Alexanàer, deceased',
Samuel S.; John G.; James G.: 1\1rs. W. G. 2\Ic-
Williams; ::\largaret J., deceased wife of Bever-
ly Rohinson; and JessiI' H., deceased wife of A.
B. Harrison. James MaC'Donell, who was a life-
long rpsident of Toronto, waR for many years
in the governmf'11t service in the Inland Rev-
enue departmC'nt. His wife survi-ved him fÕr
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many years. Their old home is now used for
the Western Hospital.
James G. :MacDonell was born in Toronto in
1843, received his education in his native city,
and has passf'a his entire life there. For a num-
ber of years he has had no active business in-
terests. but has lived as a retired gent1eman. He
was married in July, 1866, to :Miss Ann Jane
Walsh. who was born in Ireland in 1848. Her
parents were Ralph and Elizabeth (Pier-
son) '\'alsh, "dlO came> to Canada in
1R52. settled in Toronto and' t.he>re died.
he aged fifty-thrf'e years. and his wife aged
fifty-one. There were two other childl'en,
younger than 1\1rs. MacDonell. Seven children
have been born to James G. and Ann J. lYfac-
Donell. viz. : James .Alexander Greenfield. of
Memphis, Tennessee; Margaret Jane; Allan, de-
ceru>ed ; Jessie H.; Frederick \Villiam, deceased;
John George; and Beatrice Gertrude, deceased.
The parents are both communicants of the
Church of England. l\Ir. :\lacDonell is a Con-
servative in his political ideas. and fratprnally
belongs to thf' :Masons. He is a man held in high
esteem in Toronto and the family is a promin-
ent onp socially.
EDWARD FREDERICK CLARKE, M.P.,
late Grand Trpasurf'r of the Grand Orange
Lodge of Ontario 'Vest, and editor and propri-
etor of the Srnt-inel, who died at his home in To-
ronto March 3, 1905, was one of the leading
men of the Dominion in every walk of life.
Mr. Clarke was born April 24, 1850. in Bail-
lieboroug-h, County Cavan, Irpland, thp third son
of thp late Richard Clarke. The fathf'l' w.as a
large linm and flax merchant there and wa." well
able to give his children all the advantages of
a finished education. His death, however. in
1864, broke up the family home, and Edward
accompanied his bereaved mother and the other
members of the family to Toronto. There he
served his apprenticeship at the printing trade,
in the office of the 'I'm'onto Globe, and was laÍPr
emplo
I'd on the T0r o nto lfail.
Mr. Clarke was married in 1
84 to
Iiss Char-
lotte E. Scott, daughter of Dan and Phyllis
(Ford) Scott, of Chesterfield. England. In
1
64 1\lr. Se>ott came to Toronto with his family
anrl becamp 600kkepper for 'V. .J. l\IcGuire. of
that city, a position he filled until his d('ath, in
1888. 1\1 rs. Scott pa<;sed away in 18%. They
had childl'pn as follows: J oIm Herhert and
Alexander D.. of Toronto;
\.lice
Iay, wife of
H. C. Otter. of Chicago: Sarah Evelyn, Mrs.
Charles H. ::\Iortimer: Annip S., wifp of Edgar
J. Allen, of Tlondon. Ont.: Charlottp K, Mrs.
Clarke: Minnie Phyllis, wife of T. S. 'Vatson,
of .\shland. California; and Dan, of 'roronto.
!)!)
For a number of years 1\lr. Dan Scott, the fathel',
was the salaried tenor singer at St. James'
Cathedral, Toronto.
Within the limits of a record like the present
it is almost impossible to do more than to sketch
the career of so prominent a man and so useful
a member of society as the late Edward Fred-
erick Clarke. His endeavors covered so many
lines of activity, he wa.', so energetic, eager, en-
thusiastic, broad,mindf'd, and had such a clear,
wide view of what life and its environments
mpant, that pages could be filled which would
be profitably read by those who must admire
the scope of such a noble career.
In the great print('rs' strike of 1372 1\lr.
Clarke came to the front, contf'nc1ing that the
laboring man had a right to leave his I'mployer.
He was arrestpd under an old Art pa--sed in the
days of Queen Elizabeth. whieh held that it was
an offense. \Villing to sacrifice himself in order
that the matter should be brought before the at-
tention of Parliament, Mr. Clarke held to his
contention. and it was the real beginning of the
emancipation of labor and the final legalization
of trades unions. With telling ol'atory he de-
fended his principles and his name became fa-
miliar throughout the Dominion.
In 1877 he founded the newspaper which he
owned entirely at the time of his death. and
whil'h Mrs. Clarkf' has sinc(' sold, and in this
journal he had a medium by wbieh he I'ould
speak to the thousands whom he ('flUld npvel'
see. He becamp promint'nt in the c01ll1se]s of
the Loyal Orange Assol'iation and was. made
Deputy Grand Master of the order in British
Amprica, and Grand Treasurer of the Grand
Lodge of Ontario West.
In the general elections of 1886
Ir. Clarke was
elepted to the Ontario Legislature and served
until 1894, when he voluntarily resigned. In
18
8I he MIS eleeted maror of Toronto, and
was re-elected, sprving four successivp terms,
a.nd being the only individual pver so distin-
guished in that city. As chief exel'utive of the
city his administration \Va." notable. TI(' entered
upon municipal office at a time when a strong
hand and firm will were needed. Debt faced the
pity in f'very direction. every department of
civic affairs 'had become disorganized. In a
remarkahly short period Mayor Clarke had the
department.'! again in working- order and the
deht consolidated. and in this connection he
ncgotiated the sale of city honds in Englanrl.
For floating this loan 1fr. Cla.rke was pre-
sented with an illuminatpd address. signed hy
ll'ading I'itizens of t]1(' City of Toronto. Dur-
ing his tf'nure of offi"e thp duty of making a new
strept railway contract fell upon Mayor Clarke,
th(' old franchise pxpiring. It was his desire
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that the ('ity should rf'tain the franchise and
operat<, the railway. hut he was not able to
over('ome the opposition of a majority of the
city cOlIDCil. Subsf'quently Mr. Clarke was able
to sf'Cure the present agrf'ement with the To-
ronto Railway Company, which has hef'n of ,'Inch
grf'at ad\"antagf' to the city. During his ad-
ministration many public improvements wert
inauguratpd and tht' new city hall was com-
menped, Mayor Clarke laying the corn er-ston f'.
In 1892 Mr. Clarke was appoint('d a member
of the Royal Commission on the liquor traffic.
At the Dominion general election in 1R96 he
was rctnrnf'd as one of the memhers of thp House
of Commons for Toronto West, and again in
1900 he was returned at the head of the poll,
receiving the largest majority in Canada. At
the general elf'ction in 1904 the city ridings wpre
redistricted and
rr. Clarke was chosen, after
a bitter contest with the Liberals, as the stand-
ard-hearer of the Conservative party in Toronto
Centre. In the Housc of Commons Mr. Clarke
was regarded as one of the foremost parlia-
mentarians. Hf' was one of the most convinc-
ing' debaters, one of the clearest and most lo
i-
cal speakers. and had a manner that spoke of
sincf'rity in every word. He appearpd first at
Ottawa in August, 1896, and hie; first address
was a stirring protest against the resort to the
spoils system by the new government. All
through his whole Parliamentary ('areer he wa'!
the earnest friend of labor and On many occa-
siom; (.ame forth in protests by word and pf'n
when his zeal imperilled his own political fut-
ure. He exerted great influence, and many of
his ideas concerning industrialism received the
careful consideration of the Government. How-
ever. the whole aim of his efforts was in the di-
rection of a closer imperial union, a union of
sentiments strengthened by a union of inter-
ests, and thus, logically, he favored Canada ','I
participation in the South African war.
Mr. Clarke was thrice elected tó Parliament
and 'he grew in power and influence continual-
ly. He \Vas an orator and durin!! his tour with
Mr. Borden through the \Vest. in 1902, he was
everywhere g-reeted with enthusiasm. Hf' was
admirPd and esteemed hy hoth and all political
parties, and, although a strong Orangeman, he
enjoyed the friendship of a large number of the
Roman Catholic clergy.
For several years Mr. Clarke was manager of
the Excelsior Life Insurance Company of To-
ronto. and hp was deeply interestpd in the To-
ronto Western Hospital and was prf'sident of its
board of trustees. He was a consistent Chris-
tian. a devout member of the Reformed Episco-
pal Church.
Mr. Clarke's home life was wholesome, ten-
del' and true as it was beautiful, aml to hearth-
stone, wife and childrf'n he gladly turned when
hf' could put asid!' for a spason thf' great respon-
sibilities resting- upon him. He wa" the fathe!'
of eight children. namely: Phyllis Ellen. Alice
Mary Victoria (deceased), Isobel Stewart, Char-
lotte Louise (deceased), Edward George Rey-
nolds, \Yarring Kennedy, Elizabeth Hac;tings
and Evelyn Grace. Hf' was permitted to pass
the last ff'"\\' wf'eks of life, after he was stricken
with illnes.e;, with his heloved familv. Until the
immf'diate end hope was entertain
d for his re-
covery, but this hope was not fulfillf'd. In touch-
in.!! Ia.Dg'uag'e he bade his loved onf'S farewell
and, devoted to them to the last. he sought Di-
vine blessings upon them ,,-hen he could no
longer give them his earthly protection.
From every portion of the Dominion, from
cuJleagues, friends, mere acquaintances and peo-
ple in every 'walk of life, came messages of ap-
preciation and regret, and the crowds which
thronged his late home while his body was lying
in state could scarcely be counted. The private
services were conducted at the home, No. 383
Markham street, by the Rev. Geor
e Orman,
pastor of Emmanuel Rf'ÍormC'd Episcopal
Church. A public service wa." hf'ld at the Broad-
way Tabernacle and \Va!;: attended by an im-
mense throng. The funeral wa.e; held bv the
city, an honor rarely conferred. The c
rtege
was one of the longest and most imposing in
the history of the city. The lînal services at
the grave were under the auspices of the JJoyal
Orange As..<;ociation.
AJÆERT JOHN WEDD l\IdIICHAEL, M.
A.. pastor of the Catholic Apostolic Church of
Toronto, is a member of one of the oldest fami-
lies of eastern Ontario.
The l\lc:\[ichaels were of Dutch extraction, and
the family was founded in Canada by the grand-
father of Our subject, Albert McMichael. who
came thither from the United States about the
time of the American Rpvolution. IIe married
Mary Ferris, dau
hter of John Ferris, who was
of Scotch des('ent. On coming to Canada the
family settled at \Vaterloo (now Cataraqui),
ahout three miles from Kingston, Ont. Here the
g'r'andfatJwr died. Hf' had nine ('hildr'f'n: DRn..
ieI. M.A., LL.D.. Q.C. ; John; Barbara; Albina;
Albert; Charles; Osmond; and Kitty and Neil,
who died in childhood. Of this family Daniel
was the father of Albert J. 'V. :\[c:\tIChael. He
was born at 'Wat.erloo, Oct. 8, 1816, and died
in Toronto, Aug. 5, 1894. After locating in To-
ronto he attended King's College. from which he
received the degrees of M.A. and IJJJ.D. In To-
ronto he practised law 1'01' many years, Rnd dur-
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ing his life there was one of the representative
men of that city. He also took an active part
in the work of the Catholic Apostolic Church. in
the interest of which he made man
T trips to Eng-
land. lIe was made a Q.C. in 1872. Dr. l\rc-
:\[ichael marripd Amy \Yedd, who was born Dec.
31, 1826, danghter of John Wedd, and sister of
William W edd, :\L\., formerly first cla'>Sical
master of L"pper Canada Collpge, Toronto. 1\[1'8.
':\[f' :\Iichael died
\ug. 26. 1:'61. the mother of
the following children: .Amy Adelaide. wife of
William Cook, B.A., harrister, etc.; A. J. \V.:
and Charles Baldwin, decpased.
.Albert John "'edd )[e:\Iichael was horn in
Toronto :\lareh 22, 1837. and was educated at
Upper Canada College and Trinity University;
from "hich la-ttpr institution he "Was graduated,
in 1878. \\ ith the dpgree of B.A., receiving the
degree of 1\1..\. in 18
2. He thcn read law, and
was called to the Bar in ]883, frum which date
until 1896 he practised his profpssion. In the
latter year he was appoint.ed pastor of the Cath-
olic .Apostolic Church, Toronto. in which ca-
pacity he has since acted.
In 1
6 ì\k :\IdIichael married :\lÏ<;s Ada.
Helen \Yinstanlpy. daughter of Dr. \Vinstanley,
extended mention of whom will he found else-
where. in the sketch of C. J. H. Winstanley. 'ro
:\11'. and :\Irs. :\IC)Iichael were born the follow-
ing children: Albert Roland. who after pa.<;sing
through thp :\Iodpl School completed his f'ourse
at the "Cpper Canaùa College in 1901, and is
now a student at Trinity College, Toronto; :\Iary
Charlton: Charles \Y edd; Daniel .J ohn. deceas-
I'd: and Amy Elizabeth.
Thp Chureh in Toronto was set up in 1837,
and its pa<;t.ors ha ,'e òeen as follows: Capt.
GeorgI.' Gambipr. Rpv. George Ryerson, Rev.
Joseph Elwell. Charles :\Ic1IichaeL and Alhert.
J. W. l\Ic:\IichaeI. "ho was the successor of his
uncle.
DR. RICHARD {"SHER TOPP, who died in
Toronto Sept. 7, 189H, was horn in Ireland in
18(ì6, son of .John and Cllarlotte (Boate) Topp.
In 1
ï7 the family came to Bracehl'idge. ant.,
where John Topp liwd retired until his death.
in 1
90. His widow continupd to reside in Bl'ace-
bridge until her drath, which occurred ther\
April 1:5, 1906. They had three sons. all or
whom werp profps,<;ional men: ("harlps II., 3
civil enginper of Victoria. B.C.: Dr. .Tohn, a
dentist of Bracehrirlge; anrl Dr. Richarrl rsher
Topp.
Dr. Richard Psher Topp attendf'd the publie
schools and then entpred Trinity }Iedical Col-
lege. from which he was graduated in 18R7, with
the ITpgree of :\I.D. Soon after Q'raduation he
:o;pttlpd at RIIssean, }[USkOKã.-" here he pract.ise.!
two or three ;years, at thp end of which time he
returneJ to Bracebridge, practising in the home
of his youth unt.il 189;). in ,';hieh year he settlpd
in Toronto. He became well known in the medi-
I'al ('irdes of thp Quepn City. making a sppc-
iaIty of surgery. in which line he was very fav-
orably known. He spmt the remainder of his
life in Toronto.
Dr. Topp married :\Iary Eliza Beley, who was
born at P.osseau. .:\luskoka. daug-htpr of Benja-
min and 1m!',," E. Beley. nat.i,'es of England.
The Bpleys came to Canada in 1867, settlin
at
Iuskolm, where 1\Ir. Beley lived retired until
his death. in 1896, his widow surviving' him until
1900.
To Dr. and )[rs. Topp were born four sons:
Charll's Berpsford. .Tohn ('sher Sowden, James
Basil. and nporge E. Dr. Topp was a promin-
ent. memher of the Church of the Redeemer. In
p(,lities he was a Conservative, and fratf'rnally he
"as connpctpd with the .:\Ia<;ons and thp LO.n.F.
In 1900 :\I1's. Topp purchased her home at
o.
tl1 Prince Arthur avenue, Toronto.
HEXRY S. CA
E, ex-mayor of Npwmarket.
president and manager of the William Cane &
Sons :\lanufacturing Company, of
ewmark
t,
and viC'e-prl'sidpnt of till' rnited Fa<'Ìories. Lim-
ited. of Toronto. was born at Queensville. Coun-
ty York, Sept. 19, 1850, son of William and
CatherÏIw (Belfry) Cane.
'William Cane wa<< for many years the head
of the firm l."11o\\n as \Villiam Cane & Sons, lum-
her merrhants and manufaf'turers. He was horn
in Albany, Xew York. in 1822. of Irish parent-
age. and emigrated to Canada in 1>::33, first lo-
cating in )Iam'ers and then in :\lariposa. In
about 1841 hp ,,'ent to the village of Queens-
"ille, County York, ",hpre he commenf'ed the
husiness of wood tuming. He operated t.he
pump works, and also purf'hase(l thr sawmiH
formprl
T ownpd hy :\11'. \Vilson. and houQ'ht
some hmd upon which he erpctpd another mi!i.
:\Ir. Cane. during his residpnce in QueensviUe,
wa<< reeve and councillor of thp t.ownship of East
Gwillimbury for a number of ypars. and durin
1874 was warden of thp County of York. He
came to KpwmarkPt in 1875. and in that year
established the business which.has now snell an
extensive connection; he also purchased a half
interest in the S
'ke<; & Elvidge foundry an.i.
engine works, which was destroyed by fire in the
spring of 1876. In the following year the firm
of \Villiarn Cane & Sons commenced thp manu-
farture of all kind<< of building materials,
woodpnware of all kinds. such as pails. tubs,
washboards. clothes pins, etc. They also erpetell
a foundry on the same lot. and the entire brace
of buildings were destroyed by fire in 1
85. In
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\PIIICAL RECORD
this same year the firm erected the present large
brick factory and wareroom!;. The sash and blind
faC'tory was also erected about the same time.
As manufacturers of pails, tubs, washboard3,
clothes pins, ironing boards and all kinds of
wooden ware. the firm is known throughout the
Dominion of Canada, and they likewise export
their goods to the mother country.
1\11' William Cane's g-eneral fitness for public
office was quickly recognized by the citizens of
Newmarket, and very little time was allowed
tG elapse after his location in the town
before his election as a member of the
council. When Newmarket received the honor
of incorporation, in 1881, he was elect.ed mayor,
an office he held for nine years. Mr. Cane was
married in 1844. to Miss Catherine Belfry, of
Qneensville, and eleven children werp born to
them. 1\11'. Cane died at his home in Newmarket
in 1899, loved and esteemed hy all who knew
him. His name will long be cherished with en-
dearing pride. and his neighbors. in pas!;ing-
judgment on his ('haract.er, will rank him among
the good and noble men of his time. His worthy
wife is still living, and resides in Ñewmarket.
Henry S. Cane's early education was received
in the district schools of Queensville, and while
young he worked in his father's mills and fac-
tories until he mastered the business in every
rleútil. After coming to Newmarket in 1875, he
and hi!; brother William became members of the
firm of William Cane & Sons, and in 1885 when
the new works were built the company was in-
corporated as The 'VilIiam Cane & Sons ::\fann-
facturing- Company, Limited. On t.he dpath of
.William Canp, Henry S. Cane was made presi-
dent: .1. E. Cane, vice-prf'sident; E. S Cane,
secretary, these som; carrying on thp business
under the incorporated name, Henry S. being
g-pneral managf'r of the business.
In 1876 :\11'. Cane marripd Miss :\Ja:v Armit-
age" born in County Victoria in 18!16. daughter
of Seba Armitage, and to this union were bom
two sons, Howarrl and Lawrence, who are in the
manufacturing- husinf'ss with their' father. They
are both well educated and have brig-ht futures
hefore them. In religion :\11'. and :\Irs. Cane
an> members of t.he Methodist Church. 1\11'. Cane
hping a member of thp Quarterly Board of oft1-
cers.
In politics ]1.[1'. CmlP has always been iden-
tified with the IJiberal party, and has always
bepn active in local affairs. He ha.<: been chosen
many timl's to represent his party in positions
of trust and honor. Rince IRS1 hf' ha.<: bpen a
member of the board of council of Newmarket.
was reeve for five years, and mayor for eight
years. Such lasting popularit.y is conclusive evi.
denpe of sterling worth. He is active in ewry
movement calculated to he of benefit to his com-
munity, and is one of the city's most upright,
honorable and public spirited men. He is chair-
man of the electric light and water systems,
these plants being under municipal ownership.
JA1\IES PRINGLE, whose death on ]l.[ay .3,
1895. in Toronto, brought sorrow to his devoted
family and dcep regret to a wide circle of friends
and business acquaintances, was one of the sub-
stantial citizens and progressive business men
of the Queen City. ]1.[1'. Pringle was born in
Scotland June 16, 1828, SOn of .r ames and Mary
(Vail') Pringle, natives of Scotland.
The Pringle family was founded in Canada
by the subject of this sketch, who came across
in 1853, settling at Niagara-on-the-TJake for a
short time and then locating in Toronto, where
he engagerl with the 'Vestern Assurance Com-
pany, of Toronto, with which company he re-
mained continuously until his death. He was
at first general agent, later becoming general
agent and insppctor, and was rated as one of
the most successful agents ever with the com-
pany. At his death the following memorial,
handsomely carved in leather, was read at a
meeting of the board of directors of the Western
Assurance Company. in Toronto:
"RESOLVED: That this board de:-,:res to place
on record an expression of their sense of the
loss which the company has sustained by the
death on the 3rd instant of Mr. .J ames Pringle.
who has been connected with the ('ompany in
various eapacitif's during the past thirty-five
years, and who, in the prosecution of his duties
as general inspector and adjuster, always main-
tained a deep interest and zealou8 devotion tl)
the interests and welfare of the company, re-
sulting in a valuable and self-sacrificing ser\'.
iN'. eminently satisfactory to its directors and
officers.
,. The directors wish to pxtend to Mrs. Pringle
and family their warmest !;ympathy and con-
dolence in the deep affliction which they are
ealled upon to hear. Signed hy Gf'orge A. Cox,
prf'sident. and J. J. Kem1f'Y. managing di.
rector. "
James Pringle was married, in 1854, to Miss
:\[argaret Forbes, who was born in Aberdeen.
Scotland, and to this union children as follows
were born: .r ames Forbes, who is in businpss
in Toronto. married Catherine Lai
llaw, and has
two children, Ina and Franklin; Ale'lander, who
is in the 'Yestern Assnrance Company's of-
fice, married Sarah Dill, and ha!; three children,
Rena, Dorothy and Allan; Edward. of Toronto,
married Bertha Ashpnfelter, and has one son,
Edward; Albert, who is deceased, was with the
'Vestern Assurance Company, married Ida Ma-
,
,
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COl\D.IEMORATIVE BIOGK\PHICAL RECORD
belle Booth, who is also deceased. and they left
one daughter, Elva; Frederick died at the age
of twenty; Margaret is the wife of Robert
Weir, and has one daughter, Gladys;
:Mary is the wife of John Ewart; Flor-
ence" married John l\I. Sutherland, who is
with the Standard Bank of Toronto; Lillian
Ross is unmarried.
1\11'. Pringle was a Presbyterian. In politics
he was a Reformer. He was a popular memo
bel' of the Masonic fraternity.
103
bel', 1870, Mr. Brodie married his second cousin,
Adeline J. H. Lowe.
[n N"ovember, 1871, having regained his health,
the old love of finance asserting its
lf he decid('d
to accept a position offered him by the late
Thomas McCraken, manager of the Royal Can-
adian Bank, Toronto (both Mr. and Mrs. Brodie
having already visited Toronto and having
friends there). In the spring of 1875 Mr. Bro-
die accepted the agency of the bank's branch in
Montreal. After a very short stay, through
trong requisites made by Mr. A. J. Somerville
and the late Mr. John Kerr, 1\11'. Brodie acceptell
the position of manager of the St. Lawrence
Bank, then in a very bad condition, and of which
the late Hon. T. N. Gibbs was president. En-
tering on his duties in the fall of ]875 the ad-
visability of changing the name of St. Law-
rence to the Standard Bank of Canada was not
long in being considered. The resuscitating of
a bank was hard, strenuous work, as Mr. Brodie
wrote to his wife, then in lVlontreal, "it will take
ten years of my life." After eighteen years'
service in the Standard Bank, having been ap.
pointed managing director June 6th in place of
t.he late Mr. A. Thornton Todd, Mr. Brodie died
June 18, 1894.
JOHN LOWE BRODIE was born May 15,
lR3;j, at. Coupal' .\ngus, Scotland, eldest son of
John Brodie, farmer, East Grange, Culross, who
was accidentaHy killed at Culross Station in De-
c('mber, 1852, leaving a widow wit.h eight chil-
dren, the youngest an infant.
Mr. Brodie attended Geddes Endowed School
at Culross. The death of his father led to the
removal of his widow in 1852 to Dollar. Clack-
mannanshire, where at the Dollar Academy Mr.
Brodie finished his education. This academy
was founded and endowed by 1\11'. McNab, a
West India merchant, who was born at Burn-
brae, Dollar, in 1732. Dr. Milne was head mas.
tel', and under him Mr. Brodie had the advant.
age of an excellent mathematical training; he DR. GEORGE WILLCOCKS, a prominent
was also under Dr. Lindsay, through whose class citizen of Toronto, distinguished as a physician
a great number of pupils passed attaining emin- and surgeon, died in that city in 1885. He was
ence in all parts of the world, especially India. born in the County of York, in 1851, son of Abel
In 1855. at the age of sixteen, Mr. Brodie entered and Fanny (Jobe) Willcocks. natives of Eng-
a branch of the Commercial Bank at Alloa. land, who were among the early settlers of the
where he remained for three years, leaving to Count.y of York, where for some time Mr. Will-
enter the head office in Edinburgh, where the late cocks was in the lumber business. They later
Alex. Kincaid Mackenzie was manager. In 1861 Rettled in Toronto.
the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and Dl'. "\\TiIll'ol'ks was educated in the home
China applied to 1\11'. Mackenzie for a thorough- school" of his native place, and afterwards in
ly trained account.ant for their London office. Toronto. He then took up the Shldy of medl-
with the prospect of being sent to India to one cine. and in 1881 graduated from the Toronto
of t.heir branches. 1\11'. Brodie was chosen, and School of Medicine, with the degree of M.D. He
left Edinburgh in 1861 for London. remain- then went to Edinburgh, where he continued to
ing but one year in London and proceeding to pnrsne his medical studies. and where he rece
v-
Bombay, where at the age of twenty-three he ed the degree of L.R.C.P. Returning to To-
was appointed manager, serving as such for four ronto, Dr. Willcocks engaged in the practice of
years. During- this time o('curred the great his profession. Although a young man, he was
crisis and panic in the cotton !'p
nlation;;. well fitted for the work in which he had put his
brought about by the American Secession .War. entire energ-y. He had been well educated in
In 1865 Mr. Brodie resigned his position in the Toronto, and was a reco
ized counsel in the
bank and accepted an appointment as manager medical profession, when, in the prime of life,
of Messrs. H. & B. Cama's Trust -large coffee he was called to his reward.
plantations held by ParsC('s. This he closerl In 1881 Dr. Willcock"! and 1\Iiss Annie Filbert
most satisfactorily. In 1868, owing to broken were united in marriage. Miss Filbert was born
health, he returned to Scotland, whence after a in Toronto, daughter of William and Harriet
short sojourn he went to Hanover. leaving in the (Shaver) Filbert, the former a native of Gel'-
autumn of the same year for the United States. many and the latter of the County of York. To
where his two brothers were settled. At Wall- Dr. and Mrs. Willcocks were born two daugh-
kesha, Wisconsin, he bought a farm. In Octo- tel's: Lillian E., a graduate of the Toronto Con-
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CÜ:\Il\[K\[ÛRATI\TE BIOGRAPlIICAL RECORD
servatory of Music; and Georgiana F. Dr. Will-
cocks was a member of the .Methodist Church.
Politically he was a Refonner. and he was as-
sociated fraternally with the LO.O.F.. the C.O.
F., and the Royal Arcanum.
REV. WILLIA
I RLA In, B.A., \\
ho passed
to his reward 1\1arch 1, 190-1, was one of To-
ronto's able ministers of the Methodist denom-
ination. A son of William Blair, he was born in
Ross, Renfrew COlmty, May 6, 1843.
Although greatly hampered by circumstances,
l\Ir. Dlair was from early hoyhood determined
to have an education, and so diligently did he
improve every opportunity that at the age of
fourteen he was able to pass the examination ror
a third-grade teacher-'s certificate. Ambitious
for a better cducation, after teaching some time
Mr. Blair entered Albert College. Bellpville, in
the year 186-1. There he came under the in-
fluenf'e of Principal Carman, who confirmed him
in his purpose to enter the ministry. He entered
the Conference of the 1IIethodi
t Episcopal
Church in 1866, and was sent to Otta\\ a under
the oversif!ht of the Rev. S. G.
tOl1(:, after
w'hieh he was assistant pastor with Rev. Dr. I.
E. Aylesworth, at Xnpanee. His next charge
was Arnprior. Durin
an this time he had
never abandoned his purpose to completR his
college work, and on leaving Arnprior returned
to
\lbert ('ollege. The following' yenr he lab-
ored in Ottawa West. Returning to College
again he
rndnated in 187;) \\ith l1On-
ors in
I('taphysics, Ethies and Civil
Polit
.. After his grndnation he was
!.tationcd sne('essively at I.J
'n, Iroquois.
Farmersville, AlmontE', Smith's Falls. Kempt-
ville. \Vnterloo, Qne., North Day.
rarkham and
1\Iimico. \'llen the union of l\Iethodist Churches
was first proposed 1\11'. Blair. associatl'd with
Rev. T. G. Williams. Rev. W. H. Graham, Rev.
A. D. Traveller and Rev. T. W. Piekett, was
a prime mover in the matter, was secretary oi
the first meeting held to consider the question,
and after the union was aecomp1ished was chosen
first secretary of the Montreal Conference. He
was financial se<>retary of the Perth district for
four years, and the chairman of the \"aterloo
and Nipissing district<;. While chainnnn of the
Nipissing district he practieally opl'ned IIp the
Tl'miscaming' distriet. preaehing the fir
t 1Iletho-
dist sermon in the now growing town of Xew
'Liskeard. While at North Dnv hv a clutnO'e of
boundaries, fie came into the' To
r.nto C
fer-
ence. In 1902 he went to l\Iimico, his last charge,
where his death (){'curred in 1904.
Hm'ing been received into fun connection in
tlw ministry. ana having graduaterl with honor,
the year 1875 was marked by his marriage, June
25th, to Mrs. Martha A. (Tuttle) Smith (widow
of Rev. B. A. Smith), who "as at tIlt' time of her
marriage to 1\11'. Blair preceptress of Alexandra
College, in Belleville. One dauf!hter survives
of their uníon, now the wife of H. G. Barber,
and residing in Toronto. 1\11'. Dlai: wns a prom-
inent man in the councils of the church to wlúch
he had devoted his life, and was honored by
being sent as delegate to several of the Gen-
eral Conferenees of that body. lIe was a very
earnest supporter of the movement for the union
of the l\Iethodist. Presh
.terian and Congrega-
tional churehes of Canada, a projeet that orig-
inated in the reading- of a paper on that subject
by a Presb
.terian layman before n
'oung peo-
ple's society. This paper was so wen considerea
and showed sueh a profunditv of tl)0l1O'bt as to
arrest the attention of all wh
hearù it,"'and ns It
result a Chureh rnion Conferenee was cnLled to
meet at 1\Ielville Presb
.terian Chureh. 1lnrk-
ham. The Conferenl'e was largely attended and
the object enthusiastienJJy discussed, resulting
in almost a unanimous desire for the lillion.
The Conference was coneluded by a resolution
appointing a eommittee to draft a eonstitution.
1\11'. Blair .with three laymen represented the
1\1ethodist Church. and he carried the recom-
mendations of this committee to the General
Conferenee held at \\'innipeg. As a preeeher
of the liospel. 1\11'. Blair's whole heart was in
his "ork and the suceess whieh he fi(.hieved nnd
the extent of his personal influence for (,hrist
was overwhelmingly inclieated after' his death by
the appreciative letters whieh poured in from
all sides to 1\Irs. BIniI'. Kot only did he choose
tlw work for whieh hc was pre-eminently fittf'd,
hut he Q'ave to it his whole powel's. He waR a
good preaeher, a good pastor and a "\\ise 'eoun-
spUor of souls speking Christ. Faith in God,
courage, deeision and gentleness were markell
traits in his cha1'ncter. He died amid the activi-
ties of service nurl he hn8 ent.ered into rest and
ltis works foUow him.
ADRATTA
I D. FLINT, late of Toronto, wa"
for Ì\wnty-five
'ears engaged in husiness in the
Queen City. and was universally recof!nized as
a man of strict integrity and upright business
principles. He was born in Wishech. England.
Aug. 2;), 1b-l0. and grew to )11nnhooll in his nat-
ive country, wherp he received his edueation and
learned the mereantill' business.
In 1
61 :\11'. Flint loeated in Toronto. and
from that time until bis death. wllil'h occurred
in 1886, was well known in the business circles
of that city. He was engaged as buyer and trav-
eller for Jennings & Brandon. and later became
a member of the firm of Bi-nndon & Co. The busi-
I)PSS was locntl'll on Front stl'eet Wl':'Ì, in wliat
CO)DIK\IORATI\TE BIOGRAPHICAL RECOl{D
was known as the Iron Block. Later Mr. Flint
removed to Colborne street, where the busine:os
was being conducted five years before his death.
In Toronto )11'. Flint met and married
liss
Elizabeth Acred, daughter of :\11'. .TanH's M.
Acred and 1\1rs. l\Iary (Schofield) Aered. of
Lincolnshire, England. Abrallam B. Flint was
an honorable business man and a Christian gen-
tleman. In political sentiment he was a Re-
former.
WILLIA)I JOIIX THO)IAS was one of the
best-kno\\n business men of the Queen City,
where he was horn Dpc.
:3J 1840, nnd hI' died
Oct. 4. 1904. at his late residence. No. 32 River
street.
The Thomas family was founded in Canada
by .T ames Thomas, the father of William J.,
who was born in England, and came to Canada
about the year 1830. Here he followed the busi-
ness of military tailor, his place of business being
On King street, between Bay and York streets.
His \\ ife, whose maiden name was Susnn Bishop,
was born in England, nnd died in Toronto in
189;}. This good couple had two children: Wil-
liflm .John: and Susan, the wife of William
Brand, of Toronto.
William Jolm Thomas WfiS educated in his
native city, where he began his most successful
business career. He was an flrchitpct and also
a builder, but it was not in these lines that he
made his record as a business mnn. From the
Mail and Empire we have the following regard-
ing 1\11'. Thomas: "He was born in Torunto;
educated at the l\Iodel school. In 1
62 he made
his first trip to California, and a second trip in
1880, crossing the Plains both times. After a
useful exprrience in mining and in the cattle
business in Idaho. in 1869 he returned to To-
ronto find became a contractor, erecting some
of our most important structures. He later be-
came interested in the malting and later in the
brewing business, under what is known as the
Ontario Brewing & l\Ialting Company, Lim-
ited, the business being situated on the corner of
Ontario find King streets, extending to Front.
Mr. Thomas designed the malt house, erected in
lR82, and the brewery was built in 1885. The
malt house has a capacity of 22:>,000 bushels,
the largest in the Dominion, On entering the
malt business it was the inh'ntion of 1\'11'.
Thomas to ship malt to the rnited States. but
the tariff law made this disadvantageous, and
he built the brewerv, therebv manufacturinO'
thl' product of the m
lt house'into ale and po;'
tel'. The business was organized in 188
under
the name of the Queen City Malting Company.
aneI in lSP,9 assumed the name Ontario Brew-
ing & Malting Company.
}O;}
"A prominent iIDan of Torunto said of 1\11'.
Thomas: 'I became acquainted with him as a
member of the city council in 18Î
. IIp is one
of our wealthiest citizens. He is what is known
as a safe man, to whom can be trusted a great
responsibility. I now frequently come in con.
tact with him as a director of the Traders Bank.
He SCArcely ever errs in judgìJlent. Not only
(loes he possess splendid busine
s talents, but he
has the pleasant and easy bearing which makes
him a ver
T effective husiness man. He has at
all times heen willing to serve a friend. Many
mpn have homes whosc families would be with-
out one but for .William J. Thomas.' "
On Sept.
6. 1t;Î6, l\Ir. William J. Thomas
unò )Tiss Sarah
\.. Davies, a member of an early
family of Toronto, were united in marriage.
Mrs. Thomas, like her distinguished husband,
is a native of Toronto. She is a daughter of
Thomns and Fidelia (.Jones) Davis. the forIllPL'
of whom was horn in Cheshire, of 'Yelsh par-
ents, in 180;
. and died in Toronto in 1869. On
comin
to Toronto, in 18:3
, :;\11'. Davies embar'k-
ed in the brewing business. lIe was the pioneer
brewer. IIis every-day deeds were proof of t.he
assertion that "'Yürth makes the man. and v. ant
of it the fellow." Thomas Davies always be-
lievpd that his best friends were his ten fingers,
and that men seldom died of hard wùrk. lIe
established his business in 184!J, in Toronto,
which has since been condudf'd under the names
of Thomas Davies, Thoma<; Davie!; & Ron,
Thomas Davies & Brother, Thomas Davies &
Co., and is at present known as the Davies Brew-
ing & }Ialting Company.
In connection with the Davies 8re\\ in er &
Malting Company, the Jlail alld Empire of :Jan.
20. 1898, quotes a prominent banker of Toronto
as saying: "I wish you to lÎ.nderstand. sir, that
the people and patrons of this {'ompany are as-
sured that the election of ""illiam .J. Thomas. a
man of great executive ability, as president, 'has
done much for this company."
To Thomas Davies and his wife were born the
following children: Elizabeth. decea<;ed, who
married Rohert Defries; .J oseph, of Toronto;
Rarah A.: ;\Irs. Thomas; Thoma
. of Toronto:
Hobert, of Toronto: Fidelia, and Hpnriptta. }Ir.
and Urs. Davies were memhers of the Church of
England. In politics he was a Conservntive.
1\11'. and 1\11'8. William Jolin Thomas became
the parents of children as follows: Robert Ar-
thur, M.D.. a graduate of Trinitv Medical Col-
lege. Toronto. 1901, who in 1!)0:i received from
the College of Physician and Surg-eons. of Lon-
don, England. the degree>; of hR C.P. and 11.
R.f'.S.: :\Iiss Snrah A., and Miss Etta Fidelia.
:\11'. Thomas wa.
a member of the Church of
England, and in polities a Conservative.
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CO)[l\[K\IOR
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HEKRY PEARETH BRU1\IELIJ, who
passed away in Toronto Jan. 14, 1877, was for
many years identified with the interests of that
city. 1\lr. Brumell was born at Little Hough-
ton, Northumberland, England, in 1835, son of
Hawdon and l\Iary (Blackett) Brumell, the lat-
ter a grand-daughter of Sir \Yalter Blackett, of
)latfen. Through his paternal grandmother Mr.
Brumell was a direct descendant of the Peareths
of Usworth Castle, in Northumberland. which
family is now extinct.
Henry Peareth Brumell grew to manhood in
England, and there received his literary edu-
cation. Leaving- his native country in 1857 he
went to New York City, and in the following
year settled in Toronto, where he associated him-
self with Mr. Francis Richardson as a practical
chemist, later buying out the business. This he
conducted for some time, and then sold out and,
with his wife, went to England for a while. Re-
turning to Toronto, 1\1r. BrumeH engaged as a
commission agent, and later embarked in the
wholesale dru!:!,gists' sundries business, in which
he continued for a short time, his place of busi-
ness being in the Phoenix Block. Selling out
this business he went to Montreal, and, with Mr.
Robert Russell. embarked in the same line, con-
tinuing there during the remainder of his busi-
ness life. Some years prior to his death he re-
turned to Toronto, where he spent the remainder
of his days.
In 1862 Mr. Brumell married :\liss Emily Car-
ter, who was born in Northumberland, Eng-
land, daughter of Walter R. and Mary (Maug-
han) Carter. In England Mr. Carter was a law
statistician. In 1857 he settled in Toronto, and
for a time was connected with The Colonist, a
leading paper of that time. II.' was later ap-
pointed to the Registry office, after which he was
with Co1. Sir Casimer Gzowski and Mr. McTur-
son. In 1871 he went tD New York City, where
he remained for some time, retired. Returning
to Toronto, he died l\1arch 14, 1889. His chil-
ch'en were: Miss Carter, of Toronto; Mrs. King-
don, of New York City; 1\1rs. Rrumell; Walter
Robert. treasurer of the Pacific Express Com-
pany. at St. Louis: and Maughan, of New York
City. a practical chemist.
To Mr. and 1\1rs. Brumell were born the fol.
lowing children: Henry Peareth Hawdon. a
mining engineer of Ottawa, married Alice Hun-
ter, of Chicago, and has three children, Mary,
Henry and .John; Mary Lilian, wife of W. A.
Hamilton, of New York City, ha<; two children,
Arthur G. and Emily Hope; Walter Blackett, a
member of the firm of Boyd & ErumeU. of To-
ronto, married Kate Peters. and has two chil-
dren, Henry Ralph and .Tack; Rawdon. a min-
ing engineer, is at Ottawa.
}Tr. Brumell was a member of the Anglican
Church, to the faith of which Mrs Brumell also
aòheres. In politics he was a Conservative.
Fraternally he was connected with the Masons.
.JOSHUA LONG RORDANS (deceased), who
for many years was a well-known business man
of Toronto, where he was the first dealer in law
stationery, passed away in that city in 1888,
when si'ì:ty-four years of age.
}Ir. Rordans was born in 1824 in J.Jondon,
England, in which country his parents both
died. He came to Canada in 1847, and spent
the rest of his life there. He made the trip in
a sailing vessel, which was six weeks on the voy-
ag'e. and after disembarking he decided upon
Toronto as his permanent location. establishing
himself there as a law stationer, at the corner
of Church and King streets. For a time he was
in partnership vrith Mr. French, but both the
partnership and the location were given up later
and for many years Mr. Rordans carried on his
business alone on King street east, finally retir-
ing some time before his death.
T"ice married, Mr. Rordans' children were
all by his second wife, who survives him and re-
sides at No. 458 Euclid avenue. She was Miss
Charlotte Turner, and was born in Essex, Eng-
land, in 1826. Their four children were as fol-
lows: John, who is in the book-hinding busi-
ness in Boston, l\Iassachusetts; James, with the
Canadian Paeific Railroad Company in Van-
couver' B.C.; Mrs. Charles E. Fice of Toronto;
and Harry, of Dayton, Iowa. Mrs. Rordans
is a member of the Church of England, which
her late husband also attended.
.
WILI.IAl\I II. STEW ART. Among the
prominent and enterprising business men of To-
ronto who have passed to their nnal rest may
be mentioned William H. Stewart, who died in
the Queen City in 1904, after an active and
useful commercial career of about thirty years.
)Tr. Stewart was born in Covington, Kentucky,
in ]854. son of William and Sarah (Dunkley)
Stewart, the former a native of Toronto and the
latter of Ireland. Alexander Stewart. his grand-
father, was a builder, and at one time owned a
farm where the city of Toronto now stands. He
served in the Rebellion of 1837-38. and died
about 1883. His wife, whose maiden name was
Ann Maria Hitchcock, passed ami y in ]899.
:Jged eighty-nine years; she was a resident of
Toronto from her fifteenth year. Among this
good couple's children was William Stewart, the
father of William H. He was an architect of
Hamilton, and at one time a member of the firm
of Stf-wart & Strickland, of Torontò. William
Stewart was the father of the following named
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children: William H. ; Annie 1\1., deceased; Alex-
ander, deceased: Walter W. and Charles A., of
II amilton; and Lottie 1\1.
\Yilliam II. Ste\\ art was educated in Toronto,
whither he had come with his parents when six
:,"ears old. He attended the public schools and
the Ppper Canaòa College. and on completing
his education engaged with ]'oster & McCabe,
in the wholesale fancy goods business, on \Vel-
1ington street west. After about six years he
embarked in business as a manufacturer's agent
with H. C. Boulter, at No. 30 Wellington street
east. They later went into the manufacturing
business at No, 13 Front street west, and con-
tinued for about seven years. when they amal-
gamated with a manufacturing firm and became
known as the
ovi l\Iodi, manufacturers of lad-
ies' costumes. In this line Mr. Stewart con-
tinued until April 19, 1904, when the great fire
swept that portion of the city. Some time previ-
ous to this he had been at Gravenhnrst Sanato-
rium, on account of failing health, and had in-
tended removing to California, and the shock of
the loss in busines."! no doubt hastened his death.
In lS88 Mr. Stewart married )liss Georg-ianna
Rodger, who WWi! born in Hamilton, dal1
hter
of J
hn and Elizabeth (Steele) Rodger, natives
of Glasgow, Scotland (born in 18
9 and 1834,
respectively). Mrs. Rodger died in 1880, while
her husband is living retired in Hamilton. 1\11'.
&nd :\1rs. Rodger came to Canada soon after
their marriage and at once seWed in Hamilton.
They then went to Chicago, where he was en-
gaged in business until about 1870. in ,":hich
veal' he returned to Hamilton and engaged in
the manufacture of wagons. machinery:etc. Mr.
and 1\[rs. Rodger had the following children:
Mary F. and John, both deceased: Caroline E.:
Rohert, of Hamilton; A
es, of Hamilton; Wil-
liam C., of New York; and :Mrs. Stewart. of
Toronto.
To Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were born: \VilliftJIl
Steele and "Marf"aret Boulter. 111'. Stewart was
a member of the Presbvterian Church. He was
O'reatl\- devoted to hi
home anò family. and
vas o'ne of Toronto's most energetiC' a
d pro-
gressive business men, as well aR a thorough
Christian gentleman.
GEOROE S.\L:\ION, who for thirty-three
years WWi! connected with the Canada Life In-
surance Company, was born in Surrey, Eng-
land, in 1836. and died in the city of Toronto,
May 2;), 1903.
)[1'. Salmon received his education nnd grew
to manhood in his native country. and there
joined the Rifle Brigade, with which he came to
Canada. With this brigade he was on duty at
Quebec during the Fenian Raid, fot. which serv-
107
Ices he received his medal. He began
his business life as a messenger in II
bank at Guelph;and shortly afterward went to
Hamilton. On the 1st of )1arch, 1870, he en-
wred the employ of the Canada IJife Insurance
Company, with which he remained until March
1. 1903, when failing health made it necessary
for him to give up active work. In 1899 Mr.
Salmon located in Toronto, where the main of-
fice of the company had been transferred. lIe
was widely known in insurance circles. and high.
ly esteemed as a business man and Christian
gentleman.
In 1868 l\1r. Salmon married Martha Sample,
who was born in Hamilton in 1844, daughter of
Robert and l\Iary Ann (Smith) Sample, the
former of
horn, born in Ireland in 1823, died
in Col{}rado in 1893; and the latter, born in Ire-
land. died in Hamilton in 1845. The only child
of their marriage was Mrs. Salmon. l\Ir. Sam-
ple married for his second wife :Mary Ann Mc-
Cormick, by whom he had eleven children, five
of whom are living. Mr. Sample subsequently
removed to Colorado. where he and his second
wife died, at the home of their daughter. They
were Presbyterians in religious faith. and in
polities he was a Conservative.
:\Ir. and 1\1rs. George Salmon had children as
follows: George, who is with the Canada Life
Insurance Company. at :i\Iontreal, married An-
nie Isahel Simpson. and has three children,
:\Tartha Annie, Sm'ah Irene and George; Jennie,
married Crawford l\lcCleary; Robert is with the
Canad8 Life Insurance Company, at Toronto;
Sarah is with the same company: 'Villiam and
Harry are in Toronto; two children died in
Hnmilton. :\11'. Salmon was a member of the
Church of Englana. He was a Conservative in
politiC'al matters. and fraternally he connected
himself with the Ancient Order of Foresters.
TIp was huried in Hamilton.
"ïlCn
[r. Salmon was a boy in England he
served in "The Castle" with tIle gamekeeper,
and was hunting with the present King Ed-
wm'd when the latter shot his first rabbit. Mr.
Salm{}n carried the game to the Castle, being
careful not to injure thp fur, as the family de-
"ireò to mount the skin.
.LUIES FTÆ:MIXG (deceased) may be men-
tioned among' the well-known and highly-esteem-
ed business men of Toronto of the past genera-
tion. He WWi! born in A berdeen, Scotland. in
1812, and in his native land learned the seed
business. In 1834 he came to 1\1ontreal, whence
he mnde his way to Toronto two yeal'H later. be-
ginning seed growing on three acres of land
on Yonge. south of College. Mr. Fleming built
a s
ed store and greenhouses for the sale of
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plants and seeds. This venture proved a most
profitable one,
Ir. Fleming thoroughly under-
standing his business and giving his attention
to its constant betterment. lIe was the pioneer
seed grower of the County of York, and made a
decided success in his line, accumulating a hand-
some competency. His original place, establish-
ed in 1
37. is still in the possession of the fam-
ily.
1\11'. Fleming was not only well known as a
successful seedsman, but as a leader in public
affairs. In 1864 he was commissioned a justice
of the peace in Toronto, and in 1888 was ten-
dered the same position for the County of York.
In 18ï7 he was elected an alderman for St.
John's Ward, and was re-elected for three con-
secutive elections. He was a director of the
Horticultural Society and of the Industrial Ex-
hibition Association. In political sentiment he
was a Reformer, in religion a member of the
Presb
.terian Church.
)11'. Fleming was twice married. his first wife
bearing the maiden name of Margaret Geddes
She i<; now deceased, as are the children of that
marria!Æ. :Mr. Fleming was united in marriage
to 1\lis; Mary E. \Yade, daughter of the late
.Tolm 'Yade. who was born in England in 1808.
:\lr. 'Vade came to ClUlada in 1819, settling near
Port Hope, where he resided until his death. lIe
married Elizabeth Barrett. who was born in
Cornwall, England. 1\Irs. Fleming survives her
husband and resides at Ko. 267 Rnsholme road.
To .Tames and :\Iary E. (\\Tadt.) Flpming
came one son, .Tames II., a naturalist of t.he city
of Toronto, born in that cit.y in 1872. who was
educated fit lipper Canada College. completing
the course in 1889. He further pursued his
studies in Europe, and since returning has bef'Il
engaged in his professioJJ, that of naturalist, in
the citv of Toronto. He married :\Iiss Christ.ine
Mackay Keefer, now deceased. by whom he had
two children, Annie Elisfihcth and Thomas
Keefer.
REV. JOSEPH CILUIBERR GmSOX (de-
ceased), who for a number of yeat.s minil';tered
to the parish of St. .Ann's, in Toronto, had
I';eemingly many more yefirs of usefulness before
him when he WfiS called from thil'; world. in
1872, at age of forty-tv.'ù. But while his life
was not long it "as rich in goorl rlepds and in
faithful efforts to lead his fellowmen to a higher
view of their duties and opportunities, and many
indeed are those who owe the ideals and inspira-
tion of their Christian lives to his teaching-so
He was born in Cumherland, England, in 1830,
a son of Rev. John Gibson, of that 10f'ality.
At the age of nine years Rev, Joseph C. Gib.
son came with his parents to Canada, where hI,
father was settled at Sutton as rector of tIlt'
English Church. and where both Rf'v. John liih-
son and his wife died. After acquiring the
usual preliminary literary training and general
education the son entered Trinity College, To-
ronto, and prepared for the ministry, being'
graduated in 18;)3. In that same year he was
ordained, and then beg-an his life work as curate
fit 'V oodstock. After six years he was moved t..
\Yal'wick, thence to Strathroy, find thence to To-
ronto, wherc until his dcath he was l'ector of St.
AnD'S Church. The sincerity of his Christian-
ity and the consil';tency of his life made all re-
spect his work, while the heauty of his char-
acter won him many warm pen;onal friends, and
his untimely death was deeply lamcnted. In
political sentiment Rev. l\Ir. Gibson WfiS a Con-
servative.
Rev. Joseph Chamhers Gibson marrieù Mis...
:UarcelJa Dewson. and to their union were born
th
following children: George; Charles A:
Charlotte Augusta, the wife of George Sparks,
of Alberta; Lilla; Edith Josephine;
Iarcella
Adelaide; and Joseph Charles. deceased, who was
in the Dominion Bank, of Toronto.
CoI. Jeremiah Dewson, 1\1rs. Gibson's fathpl'.
was born in England, and in 1827 came to Can-
ada with the l!)th Hegiment, in which he Wfis
captain. He settled on a farm in East Gwillim-
bury township, County York, where he and hi<;
wife spent the remainder of their lives. Of thpir
ten children, 1\[rs. Gibson was horn in King,;-
ton, Ontario.
TIIo:\rAS ::-;IIA W WEBSTER., M.D., a
prominent practitioner of surgery and medi-
cine, who is located at No. 581 Spadina avenue.
Toronto, is a member of a well-known family of
Ontario. The "Tehsters are of English extrac-
tion, the fa.mily being founded in Cfinada bv
Henry \Vebster. Sr., the DOf'tor's gramlfailier,
who came from England to New Y ork Cit
.. and
thence to Guelph. where he was engag-ecl a<; a
Coppel'smith and stove dealer for some timf'. Be-
fore coming to America he had been copper-
smith to the l\Iarquis of Basting,<;. From Guelph
Henry \Vebster went to Fergus. find engaged in
tllP stove busiIJPss until his death. TIIP wife of
Henry \Vebster, Sr., was Elizfihpth. dang-htel' of
Thomas Shaw. and among tl](' children of the
uniun was Henry Webster. .Jr.
Henry \Vehster, Jr.. WfiS horn in Eng-lfind in
1831. find WfiS Imt twelve years old when th",
family came to Canada. Grov.ing to manhood
in Gllelph. he removed to Fprgus, where he estab-
lished the home later occupied by his father.
Henry Webster, Jr., was a very successful busi-
ness man, and was able to retire from active life
many years prior to locating on the farm which
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he now occupies, near Fergus. He devotes him-
self to looking after his investments. He mar-
ried Susan Stacy, who is also living-, and two
sons were born to this union: Dr. Thomas Shaw.
our subjeet: and Henry Railey, once a weU-
kno\\n breeder of J:?urham cattle, now a dealer
in rea] pstate in Regina, Raskatehewan.
Dr. Thomas Shaw 'Yebster was born at Fer-
gus in 1857, was edueated there in the public
and high sebools. and in time heeame principal
of the Fergus public school. He then began
preparation for his profession. graduating from
ViC'toria University in 1888, and from the TTni-
versity of Toronto in 1889. Aftpr completing
his medical course Dr. .Wehster engaged for one
year in the praC'tiee of his profession at French
River, and then settled in Toronto, where he has
heen engagerl in a large practice sinee 1891.
In 1903 the Doctor ereeted his very pleasant
home and offiee at No. 581 ::;padina avenue, in
which immediate loeality he ha<; heen located
sinC'e 1894.
In 1890 Dr. Webster and :Miss nf'orgiana Ross
McIntosh were united in marriaQ'f', she beinQ' a
daughter of Daniel McIntosh, a rpsident of '1'0-
ronto anrl for many years a well-known wholC'-
sale merchant of the Queen Cit
T. To Dr. and
)1rs. Webster have bpen born two children. Is/!'-
bpI MC'Lean and Henry Fprgus Ross.
Dr. .Webster is a memher of the Canadiml
Medieal Association, the Ontario Medical As-
sociation and the Toronto Medical Society. IIp
is Q"ynæcologist to thp Western Hospital of To-
ronto. In politics the Doetor is a Conservative.
Socially he is connected with the :Masonic fra-
ternity, the C.O.F. and S.O.E.
HOK. EDWIN N. GPXSA PTXS, Consul (.f
the TTnited States of
\meriea at Toronto, was
born in Knox C'olmty, Ohio, son of the late Cal-
vin Gun!'>aulns, :\I.D., a native of the State of
Xew York, and for many years a noted mediC'al
praetitioner of the Buekeye State. After a long
and successful mpdieal career Dr. Gunsaului!
passprl away. .Tan. 1;). 1904.
Hon. Edwin
. Gunsau]us receiverl his edu.
cation at :\It. Vernon 8nd :\Tt. Gi]ead, Ohio. after
which he. served an apprenticeship to tRe new;::-
paper business at )It. <1ilead. In 1887 :\11'. Gun-
sanlus settled in Lonrlon. Ohio. where for abo1't
twelve
;ears he was pditor of the London Timps.
the leading Republican rrew!'>paper of that place.
In the eapaeity of editor of thi!'> puhliC'ation Mr.
Gunsaulu!'> rendered hi!'> party vpry effiC'ipnt !'>er\'-
ice and became very prominently i(lpntifipd with
the 10ea1. State and national org:mi7ations. On
different oceasion!'> hI' was a delegate to the State
and national eonventions of the Republican
par
T. in the work of which he took a prominent
1m'
part. Mr. Gunsaulus's public career began when
llP was eleeted ma
'Ol' of CCllterburg, Ohio, "hich
position he rpsigned to bC('ome editor of the
paper above mentioned. On Feb. 1, 1900, the
lat(' President
IcKinley appointed Mr. Gunsau-
Ius Pnited States Consul to Pernambuco, Brazil,
outh America. which position hI' ably filled
until Nov. 13, 1901, when President Roosevelt
appointed him consul to Toronto. The history of
the Republican party of the rnited States con-
tains a full record of l\Ir. Gunsaulus's work in
eonllection therewith. Mr. Gunsaulus is a cousin
of the Rev. Frank ,Yo Gunsaulus, the well.
known president of tll(' Armour Institute, Chi-
cago.
DR. F. H. TORRIXGTOK Dr. Torrington's
name is so well known throughout Canada and
the United Statps, and his identification with
the musical resources of Canada has been so
marked. that a mere record of his aetive work is
a sufficient indieation of the po!'>ition he ho]d<; in
the musieal world.
Dr. Torrington "as born III Dudley,
'Yorcestershire, :England. At seven years of age
hI' gave evirlence of marked ahility in playin
the violin, and was placed by his parents under
the care of competent musical instructors in Bir-
mÍngham. Afterwards, he was articled fm' four
years to James Fitzgerald, Cathedral organist
f St. George's and St. l\Iary's, at Kidder-
minster, subsequently be('oming organist and
ehoirmaster of St.
\nn 's Church, Bewdley.
After a successful career in England Dr. 1'01'-
rington C'ame to Canf1da. and was engaged in
:\Tontreal as organist of Great St. James' Street
:\Tethodist Church, which position he occupied
for twelve years. He then removed to Boston.
)1as.<;achnsetts, having been appointed organist
and musical direetor of King's Chapel, which
position he left in 1f<ï3 for the one he now holds,
in the Metropolitan Church of Toronto. rpon
his arrival in Toronto, he accepted the conduc-
torship of thl' Toronto{) Philharmonic Society.
.Whi]e rpsic1ing in Boston he was conductor, in
assoC'iation with Carl Zerrahn and P. S. Gilmore.
of the mass rehearsals of thp great chorus of the
last Boston Juhi]ee, as well a." being conduf'tor
of a number of musical soeieties. He was also
professor of piano and solo organist at the New
England Conspr\"atory of :\lusic. Boston, Ma<;<;a-
chusetts; first violinist of the Harvard Rym-
phon
T Orchestra: solo org-anist at Boston Music
Hall: and solo organist at Plymouth (Henry
.Ward Reechpr's) ChurC'h. Brooklyn. NeW" York.
Hi!'> e'(perience as orQ'anist at King's Chapel. and
professor of piano at the New EnQ'land Con-
servatory of Music, and as eonduetor of orches-
tral and voral soeieties, together with his train-
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ing as a cathedral organist and choirmaster, and
his ability as a violinist, eminently fitted him for
the work he has accomplished in rforonto.
rfhus Dr. Torrington's name is the synon) m
for leadership and experience in everything- mu-
sical in Canada. The value of his teaching is
commensurate with his reputation. He strives
assiduously to impart to his pupils correct meth-
ods. and to place before them every legitimate
aid in acquiring a thorough, modern musical
education. A special feature of his work is the
training of advanced pianists and vocalists for
professional work. Provision is made for the
puòlic appearance of such, with full orchestral
accompaniment; opportunities are also offered
for those duly qualified to appear in oratorio,
and in church concerts. Among the many vocal
pupils of Dr. rforrington, who have attained dis-
tinction, special mention may be made of Miss
Eileen Millett.
rfo Dr. rforrington is due thc conception of
establishing musical festivals in TOronto. rfhe
first took place in June, 1886, with 1,000 voices
in the chorus, and 100 performers in the or-
chestra, at which he conducted the great ora-
torios. "Israel in Egypt" (Handel) and Gou-
nod's "Mol's et Vita," the mi"cellaneons pro-
grammes including the overturcs to "Tann-
häuser" (Wagner), "Rny BIas" (Marchetti),
"William Ten" (Rossini).
md "Oberon"
(Weber), etc. Dr. rforrington also conducted
the Festival given at the înançruration of the
new Massey Music Hall, in June, 1895. and the
Jubilee performance of Menrlelssohn's oratorio
"E]ijah." given at Massey Hall in NOvPmber,
1896. He was engaged to train th(' large chorus
and orchestra for the reception to th(' Dnke and
Duchess of York in Toronto. in October, 1901.
and was associate conductor with Sir Alexander
Markenzie, President anrl Directflr of thp Royal
Academy of Music. IJondon, Emdanrl, for the
Cyrle of :M:usiclJl Festiva]s inaugurated by C.
A. R Harriss. Mus. Bac. (Un. Tor.), held April
16-17-1R, 19m. in Toronto. On .Tune 1:
. 1902,
thé degree of Doctor of 1\1"usie (Mns. Doe.) was
conferred upon Dr. rforrington by th!' Univers-
ity of rforonto. in recog-nition of the valuable
servirps he had rendered to the <-ause of music
in Toronto dnrinQ' the past twenty-nine y!'ars.
Rom!' years ago Dr. Torrington made an ex:-
t.pndpd tonr through Europp in the intprests of
the Toronto Collegp of :Music, visiting the TJeip-
sir Cons!'rvlJtorium and Gewandhmls; the Hoch
(.Toarhim) Rchool of Music. Rpr1Ïn; the Wag-
ner Festival at Bayrputh; the Hoyal Arademy
of 1\1"usic, London: the Royal ('o)]pg'(' of Music,
London; and th(' ('o)]pg-e of OrP.'lJnists. TJonrlon.
HI' wm; also most corrlially rC'reivrd by Rir .John
Rtain!'r. Profrssor of l\fusir. OxfoI'rl Fniven;ity;
Sir Alexander l\[ackenzie, Royal Academ
'; Sir
Frederick Bridge, Westminster Abbey. and
Professor Gresham College; Dr. \V. H. Cum-
mings, of the Guild Ha.lI School of Music; Dr.
rfurpin, College of Organists: and in Leipsic by
Herr Jadassohn and Herr Krause. and other
eminent musicians. It is very satisfactory to
find tha t the strongest features of these vari-
ous schools of music are inCorl)Orated in the
scheme adopted as the basis of the work of the
Toronto ('ollege of 1\1 usic.
rfhe rforonto College of Music is justly pn-
titled to rank as one of the most advanced in-
stitutions of it,> kind in Canada, not only from
the character of its general work, but because On
several most important lines of mu<;ical edueation
it òears mOre than favorable ('omparison with
the most eminent musical schools of Europp and
America. Founded by Dr. Torrington in 1888,
incorporated by Government in 1890, the first
musical institution recognized by affiliation with
the University of Toronto, the Toronto College
of Music has. from it"! inception. proved to be
a prosperous and ever-increasing effective agency
for musical development in the Dominion. rfhe
amount of its capital is placed at $50,000. The
('harteI' granted by Governmpnt gives power for
the fullest development in the art and science of
::\1usir. together with control of lands, build-
ings and appliances necessary thereto.
Graduatps of thc Toronto College of l\[usic
are afforded the highest Toronto University ad-
vantages, heing exempted from all examination!;:.
excppt tlw third or final, for the degree of
Ba('hplor of Music. The faculty of the Toronto
College of "!\I usic has, from the opening, consist-
ed of the most prominent and experienced ex-
('('utive and theoretical musicians. representing
the òest mpthods of Germany, Franc'e, Rus<;ia,
Italy, Eng']and and America. Stndpnts have
thus been drawn to the Coll!'ge from all parts
of Canada and the United Stati's, and it,> ex-
aminations in music are sought throughout the
Dominion of Canada. Amongst those who hllve
takpn both tõe Theory and Practical examina-
tions are thp daughters of the Governor-General
of Canada (Lord Minto and the Countess of
1\1"into), .thf' Ladies Ruh
- :md Yio]('t Elliot.
The equipment of the Co]]egp is !'omp]ete in
ewry department. and llDllSnal facilities He
provided for th!' most thorough all-round mnsi-
('al education. including two of thl' largest and
most eomp]ete three-manna] and four-manual
modern organs: orchestra undpr Dr. 'forring-
ton's personal dil'Pf'tion; ('hoil' anrl oratorio
(.horus training, notably in the Toronto Fpstival
('horns and thp Metropolitan (,hnr('h choir; and
special opportuniti!'s for intro,lur1ion in ron-
('prt, oratorio find l'hurch work, togethf'r with
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every up-to-date means calculated to educate
musicians on broad lines. Vocal and instru-
mental graduates are brought out with full or-
chestral accompaniment, conducted by Dr. rror_
rington. Practical testimony to the efficacy and
value of Toronto College of Music training is
accorded through the fact that its vocal, instru-
mental and theory graduates are being constantly
song-ht to fill important positions as teachers, or-
ganists, choir directors. and as soloist" for con-
certs and church engagements.
Through the generosity of :Mrs. ::\1:asse
- Treble
-patron of the Toronto College of
Iu!"ic-one
of the finest organs in the world has been placed
in the :Vfetropolitan Church, of which Dr. Tor-
rington is organist and "hoir ùirector. This
organ, the specifications of which were prepared
by Dr. Torring-ton and Mr. Lemare, has electric
pneumatic action. four manuaL,>, sevent
'-seven
stops, and all modern appliances, including a
complete chime of bells. The pedal board. the
first of its kind in use in Canada, is termed con-
cave and radiating, and is the scalp adopted by
the .American Guild of Organists. The organ
was built by !\Iessrs. Karn- Warren. 'V o(){l<;tock,
the whole construction being designed and car-
ried out under the personal direction of ::\lr. C.
S. V,Tarren. On )1:arch 9, 1904. the 0l'g"3n was
formally opened, when the Toronto Festival
chorus sang l\[endelssohn's "Hymn of Praise,"
under tlie direction of Dr, F. H. 1'orrin!Zton, and
on which occasion he displayed the heauties oÎ
the organ in a brief recital. Mr. Ed" in H. Le-
mare, the celebrated English organist. gave a
recital on !\Iarch 10th, and pronounced it the
finest instrument on the continent. The main
organ stands behind the pulpit, with auxiliary
organs on each side. the solo and echo organ
being- placed at thp opposite enrl of the church,
all heing connected b
' pnpumatic tubing and
electric cables lairl beneath the floorin!!'.
REV. WILLIAM REID, D.D. The ;ate Dr.
William Reid, of Toronto, was a man whose en-
tire life was devoted to thp work of the Chris-
tian ministry, in connection "ith the Presby-
terian Church in Canada. For more than fifty
years he took a leading part in the work of this
church, and was widply known throughout the
Dominion. Full of charity and g'ood-wi1l. he had
numl'rOus friends, whil(' his sound judgment and
sterlin!! cha.raclpr won him a plar(' in the front
rank of church leaders.
Dr. Reid was born in Aberdeens'hire, Scot-
land, in 18Hì, and in his native country was
well prepared for his work as a minister. In
18:19 he rame to Canada. and in 1RiO was set-
tled at Grafton. Ont.. as his first pftstorate.
Here he re.mained until 1849. w"hen he arrepted
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a call to Picton) and there served untíl 1853. At
this time he removed to rroronto to become agpnt
for the then Canada Presbyterian Church, an
office which he held, amid tlie various changes
in t1w constitution of the ('hurch, until his death
in January, lfì96.
In 1848 Dr. Reid married Miss Uary Ann
Harriett Street. daughter of William and Mary
.Ann (Porter) Street. .Wil1iam Street was born
in England in 1779, and died in 1834, while his
wife, born in 17Rl, passed away in 1864. In
1R32 they came to Canada. and after livin
at
Xiag-ara Falls for a short time went to An-
caster, where 1I1r. Street died. Mrs. R{'id was
born in Deyonshire, England. in 1820. and,
after a long ana useful life, died in 1905, hav-
ing resided for forty-nine years in the same im-
mediate vicinity on Bloor street east, Toronto.
Dr. and :Mrs. Reid were the parents of four sons
and four daughters, of whom two sons and
three daughters snrvive.
DR. W. J. CHARLTOK of Weston, Ont., is
known throughout his community both as a phy-
sician and surgeon of skill, and as a prominent
public man. He was born on thp 4th Conces-
sion of York township, son of John anù Mary
(Bull) Charlton, the former born in Cumber-
land. England. in July, lR07, and. the latter in
County York, Ont" in March, 18]7.
On coming to Canada 1\lr. awl Mrs. Charlton
settled in Toronto, but later located On the 4th
Concession of York township, J'emaining there
until their removal to Wpst-On.
\t the latter
place
lr. Charlton di('d in 189:t and his wife
survived him ten years, passing- awa
' in the
faith of the :\Iethodist Church, OJ which he
was an adherent. In politirs he was a r'on-
ß('rvative. Eight children were born to )Ir. and
::\lrs. Charlton: Edward. a 1Ï1f'rcl1ant of San
Francisco. California, where he was a snffprer
during' the earthquake in that city, losing all
his property; John, an orange-grower of Los
Angeles. California; 'Thoma"!. of 'Toronto; Rob-
ert. a farmer of l\IeadO\nlale, Ont., Alb('rt, ron-
strurtion engineer of the Canftdiftl1 Pacific Rail-
way at 'Yinnipeg (is married and has a fam-
il
T): Mrs. G. C. Moore, of Oakville:
rrs. A.
C. Atwood, of London. Ont.. and Dr. W. .T.
W. J. Charlton was reared on the home farm
in York township, and received his education in
thp pn"hlic schools and the Streetsyillp high
school. In u
sn he entered thp Toronto TTni-
versit
.. and graduated from that institution in
1883. after whirh he spent one and one-half
'pars as resillent house surgeon in the rroronto
Genpral Hospital, at the end of this time locat-
ing in Weston villag!', find first settled on Main
strt'pt. He erected a fin(' hrick home on North
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Station street in 1893, and here he has success-
funy continued to the present time, engaged in
the practice of his profession. Dr. Charlton
is a skilled physician, and he has won the con-
fidenrp of the community, thcl'l'h)' gaining a
large and lurrative practice.
In June, 188:), Dr. Charlton was Imited in
marriage with :\Iiss Annie :\1C'Nally, horn at
Hanm'er, Ont., daughter of Samuel :\1cXan
'.
of Hanover. :\11'8. Charlton. who was a gradu-
ate of Whitby r'ollegp passed away at hp!'
home in l\Iarch, 1903, at the age of thirty-five
years, in the faith of the ::\Iethodist Church, of
whil'h slIf' was an active member. being president
of the Larlies' Aid Society. To Dr. anrl Mrs.
Charlton were horn children as fonows: NOIï11a,
a stndpnt of the Hi2'h school; Dorothy; and
Howard.
Dr. Charlton is connected with the Mptho-
dist Church, in whiC'h he has been rccordin:
stpward for the past eighteen years. In poli-
tics h(' is a Conservative, and was 1'1'1"'1' of
"Teston village for five years, as well as a mem-
bpr of the high s('hool and publiè "chool boards.
'flU' Doctor is very prorninput fraternally,
holding memhership with the following organi-
za.tions: H nmber :\1a.sonic Lodge of -Weston, thè
LO.O.F., the Ancient Order of Foresters, the
Independent Order of Foresters, the Canadian
Order of Foresters, the Royal Templars, the
Canarlian Order of Rocial Friends, CanadÜm
Homp Circle, anrl the Sons of England Ben-
evolent Rociety. Dr. Charlton has lwen coron('r
for the County of York, Ont., for the past fif-
teen yeRrs.
.JOH
CREIGHTON".. a well-known bar-
riSÌ<'r at law of rroronto, is a native of the Queen
City. and a son of William and :\1argar('t
Ofountjoy) Creighton. nath'(>S of Irpbnd.
William Creighton and his wife came to C:\n-
ada about 1840, and settled for a sh(1I"t time
at Oakville. where th(' fOIï11er engagpd in the Ù!'Y
goods business. In 1851 they located in Toronto,
on King street east. where :\11'. Creighton C'on-
tinned in the dry goods business until his re-
tirement from active life. He ownp(1 a large
amount of rpal estate in Toronto, among which
was his fine home at No. 507 .Jarvis street with
much arljacent property. In addition to this he
owned the home On King street in which ){r.
Rtitts is now living. Mr. and :\1rs. Creighton
werp members of the Church of Englanrl. In
politiC's he was a Consen'atiw. Their rhildren
wcrp: :!'If 1''1. :Mina Gordon: 1\[ rs. .J olm Pa yn.' .
.J ames ß., of Toronto: William T., of Winni-
peg: :Mrs. :Murray H. Miller. of Winnippg; l\[ifo:s
Flor.'nC'e, of New York; anrl .John.
John Crei
hton W'lS horn on the present site
of the" King Edward Hotel," Toronto, in 18;)3,
and was eòucated at the 'I'oronto high SChOOl,
taklng hi!', legal studies at OsgoodI' Hall, and
C'ompleting his education in I88n. Since that
time he hli!' been engaged in the practice of !Ú
proféss:Or:: in his nativp rity. !\Ir. (;reighton .
specialty is titles, and 'he has been connected
with some very important cases in this con-
nection, among whieh may be mentionerl the
Ref ton Trust case, 1886, England, which hI' set-
tled without legal action; the Creighton Y"s.
Pearson ca"e in rroronto: the Creighton vs.
Swpetland action against the sheriff of Ottawa;
and he was also successful in the case of Schwpn-
nessen vs. Harris, of Chicago, to which city Mr.
Creighton went at the time. He i" a Conserva-
tive in political principle, and his relig-iom;
faith is that of the Church of England.
REV. S
UIl'EL ROSE, D.D., who deD:ìrtt'11
this II ì(" at his late residence, No. 27 Rose aYe-
nne, July 16, 1890. was a well-known resident of
Toronto for many years, and a leading ;\1('tho-
dist divine of Ontario.
Dr. Rose \Va" born at Picton. Ont., Sept. 13,
lx06. III' was the son of Peter and "\Villnifred
(Byrns) Rose. Peter Rose was twice married,
his second wife being 1\1rs. Gerolamy. of a U.
-K Loyalist famil
'. Peter Rose was also a des-
c('ndant of a U. E. Loyalist. who flerl in the
night with his wife and family from a com-
fortable home. to live in the forest, under the
British flag.
Dr. Rose received his education in the best
schools then known in Canada, always keeping
ahreRst of the time". He held pastorates in
various places in Ontario, spending six years as
governor of Mount Elgin Institute, an institu-
tion for the education of the Indians and sup-
ported b
' the Oovernment and th(' Missionary
Society of the
rethodist. r'hur"h. In lR65 he
was
pT)ointed hook steward of the Methodist
Book Room, then situatpd on King street and
sinr(' removed to Rirhmond street. This posi-
tion he filled with great satisfa.ction for four-
teen years. On retiring from this position he
settled on Rose avenue. one of the most pleasant
rpsirlential strpet" of thp Quppn (,ity. whiC'h was
nampd in bonor of him.
Dr. Rose was twice married. his I1r8t wife
Iwing l\Iatilda Burdick, daug-htpr of Hev. Cal('b
and Lavina. ßurrlick (all of n. E. TJoyalist
stock). who died after a short marrierl life,
If'aving him one daughter, now 'h
. Frank
Bvrne' of Hnron street. Toronto. His s('cflnd
wife ,
'as the daughter of John and Rusannah
Rtreet. of 81. John's, in the Niagara District,
and to them were born five rhildrpn, thrr:e
dang-hters and two sons, John E. Rose, deceased,
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and S. P. Rose, a 1lethodist minister, now sta-
tioned in Winnipeg, and well known in the min-
istry in Ontario and Quebec. Sarah Rose,
daughter of Dr. Rose, lives in the home at
o.
27 Rose avenue.
Dr. Rose was long identified with the Chris-
tian ministry and labored faithfully for his
fellowmen. lIe will be well remembered in the
Queen Cit
. and elsewhere.
EDW ARD LEADLA Y was among the prom-
inent business men of Toronto who fonneled anð_
carried through to a most successful issue the
industrial enterprises associated with thei:-
names, and he passed away in that city Sept. 17,
1899, after forty-six years of active participa-
tion in the commercial development of the placf'.
l\Ir. Leadlfl)" was born in Scarb<rrough, En
-
land, in 1827, son of Capt. Dowker Leadlay,
who was for many years commflncler of an ocean
vessel. The son grew up in his native land, re-
ceived a good literary education. and thereafte-,'
made himself thoroughly familiar with the mill-
ing business. Having learned it"! detfliJ
, Mr.
Leadlay migrated to the United States and pro-
ceeded to put his knowledge to acti,'e use in
New York State. However, he soon removed
to rroronto, and embflrked in an entirely new
line. the wool and sheepskin business. He wa:;
located on Queen street west, just opposite the
Asylum, and from the first the new enterprise
prospered. l\Ir. IJeadlay gave his entire atten-
tion to his affairs, and his careful supervision
and the sounò judgment he displaved bore their
legitimate fruit in the rapid developmen t of his
business, which soon assumed a leading place
among the industries of rroronto. Later, in ad-
dition to this. :Mr. LeadlflY was instrumental in
bringing about the ereC'tion of the Standard
Woolen Mills, in Toronto, and was identified
with their management until his drath.
:Mr. Leadlay was as good a citizen as he WflS
a husiness man, and while he never took a per-
sonal share in political work he was keenly in-
terestpd in mattprs of the public welfare. He
was not a supporter of any given party. for in
his jmlgm'ent part
. organization was. hut a
means to an end, and he always gave his support
to the on<- which on any given occasion best
served the true interests of Canada and the Can-
adians.
1\1 r. IJeaòla
' was first married to Jane Pick-
ering, of Scarborough, England. who died in
Toronto. lea, ing three children: Mary. deceased,
who was thf' wife of Albert Ogden; Annie. de.
ceased; and Edward. who married a Miss Hen-
derson. In 1
66 l\Ir. IJeadlav married. in To-
ronto. 1\1is8 1Iarv ISRhpl Fer
is, who was born
in GJenavy. r'ount
- Antrim. Ireland, where her
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parents, the late Robert and Susanna Ferris,
passed their entire lives. In 1863 Mrs. Leari-
lay came to rroronto, where she has ever since
resided. The recent home of the IJeadlay fam-
i.l
', at NO.2;> Esther street, was built by Mr.
Lealllay in 1876, anò was sold by his widow
some time after his death. In 1904 she built her
present home. at No. 3
Sherbourne !>tr
t
north. Of the children born to Edward and
Mary 1. (Ferris) Leadlay, Gertrude is the
widow of F. H. Laud, of Boston, i\1assachusett<;;
Percival, who is conducting his fathpr's business,
is married to Frances Linnington. of Chicago;
and Reginald (deceased) married Eva Shr9-
pard, and they had one daughter. Eva Gertl'ud(>
Isabel.
1\11'. Leadlay was a lllan of not only marke,-t
financial ability, hut of most upright and hon-
orable character, and was It devoted husban<l
and father. He was a member of the Metho-
dist Church. lIe was a director in the Domin-
ion Bank of rroronto.
BOX .JOHN :MOXTGOl\IERY, who died in
New Brunswick in 1867, was for many years
a prominent public man of that Province. lIe
was born on Prince Edward Island. in 1800,
son of Archibald Montgomery. who was a native
of the same plaC'e, and whose father, born in
Scotland, located on Prince Edward Island at
an early day.
As well as being prominl'nt in puhlic mat-
ters. the Hon. John l\lontgompry was elosP
Y
identified with the business interests of th.
times. He was a member of the fimn of H. &
J. Montgomery, well-known shipbuilders of Dal-
housie. N.B. His public life covered about It
quarter of a century, during \\'hich time he was
a membf'r of the Assembly of New 13runswirk.
In 1R33 l\Ir. :;I,[ontgomery married Miss Eliz3.-
beth Hamilton, born in Scotlanò in 1814, daugh-
ter of the late .rohn Hamilton, the first whit..
settler at Dalhousie, N.n. The place was named
Hamilton in his honor. but was later changeil
to it.<; present name. In 1R95 :\'Irs. :\ Ion tgom-
erv and her daughter settled in Toronto, their
re
idenee at No. 1;>30 King street oV<'rlooking
TJ8 ke Ontario. and being one of the fine homes
of the city.
JOHN 13RECKENTUDGE READ. who pas8-
ed away in Toronto Sept. 9, 1882, was for many
years a well-known barrister of that cit
., and a
hrothpr of the late D. 13. Read, the author of
Read's "History of the .Judges." Mr. Read
was born at :;I,Ierriekville, Ont.. Fph. 1, 1832,
son of .John IJ. Read, also It native of Canada.
John 13. Read was educated at Peterboro,
under the private tuition of the Rr,'. l\Ir. Tayler,
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and ,,'as later a law student under Read &
Leith. He was called to the Bar of '1'oronto in
1853, and soon thereafter formed a partnership
with ::\11'. Richard Ruttan, son of Sheriff Rut-
tan, of Cobourg, where he remained some time.
He then came to Toronto and became a membei'
of the well-known firm of Read, TJeith & Read,
the firm consisting of David B. Read, Alex-
ander Leith and John B. Read. This partner-
ship continued for a number of years, and on
its dissolution ouz' subject for some time con.
tinued legal practice alone. He was then ap-
pointed solicitor for the Law Soriety, a posi-
tion he held until his death.
On April 28, 1858, Mr. Read and Miss Rox-
ana Ballard were united in marriage. Rhe was
born in Prince Edward County, daughter of
Norman and Roxalane (McConnell) Ballard:
the former a native of Massachusetts, and the
latter of
ew Jersey, their people being TTnited
Empirp Lo
'alists and early settlers of Canada.
His father was Luke Ballard, the founder of
the Ballard family in Canada. Norman Bal-
lard, the father of Mrs. Read, was for many
years a merchant at Picton, and later received
the appointment as agent of the Crown Lands
office at that point. Here he died aged sev-
enty-seven years, his wife passing away in her
sixty-third year. The children of Norman anrl
Roxalane (McConnell) Ballard were: Luke is
deceased; C:ynthia Jane, born in ] 820, resides
in Vancouver; Emily. deceased, was the wife
of the late D. B. Read; Erastus Perrins is dp-
ceased; Roxana. Mrs. John B. Read, was born
in 1832; Norman Upson is dereased; and Anna
is Mrs. Donald Fraser.
'1'0 John B. and Roxana (Ballard) Read waS!
born the followi
J
family: (1) Jessie, married
Dr. R. Francis, of Montclair, New Jersey, and
has two children-:\largaret and .Tohn Rea(l (2',
Emily May, married Justice Archer C. Martin,
of Victoria, B.C., and has two sons-Archer
D'Arcy and Oliver ('arew. (3)Ethel is the wife
of John 1\1. Lain
, M.A., Oxon., principal of th,
collegiate school at Victoria, B.C., founded in
1895. and which in 1905 had an enrollment of
fifty boys. ( 4 ) Norman is with the street rail-
way company, Toronto. (5) Harold, in busi-
ness in Chicago, married Gwendolyn Beddone,
of TOronto. (6) Percy, of" Chicago, married
Rlanrhe Henderson, of '1'oronto, and has one
daughter-Audrey. (7) Lionel. manager of the
l\{erchants' Bank of Rt. George, Ont., marrie,l
Ag'lles McLean, and has one daughter-Agnes.
(8) D{)Uglas is manager for H. O. Armour &
Co., at Mobile. Alabama. Mr. Read was a mem-
ber of thp Churf'h of England. In politics he
was a Conservative. He was affiliated frater-
nally with the Orangemen.
EDWARD COURSOT.JLES .TONES, who pass-
ed away at his late residence, No. 241 Church
street, '1'oronto, in 1885, was born at Broek-
ville, Ont., in 1823, son of Jonas A. and Mary
(Ford) Jonps, both of whom were natives of
Canada.
Jonas A. Jones and his family settled in '1'0_
ronto in 1836, and here 1\11'. Jones practiced Jaw
for some time, finally being appointed to tIle
Bench, on which he served until his death in
1848. His widow passed away in '1'oronto in
1869.
Edward Coursolles Jones was educated at the
'1'oronto University and was called to the Ontario
Bar. He at once settled in 'l'oronto in the prac-
tice of his profession, in which he continued
until his death in 1885. In 184S he married
Miss 1\[argarøt Innes, a daughter of Robert and
Ma.rgaret (Donoven) Innes, the former born in
Scotland, and the latter in Canada in 178:
. Thev
came to Canada at a very early day and set-
tled in Amherstburg. where 1\1:rs. .J ones was born
Dec. 20, 1819. Her mother died in 18(;4. To
Edward Coursolles Jones and his wife were
born: Mary Louisa, who married Captain
Geddes, and both died, leaving two daughters---
Petica and Margaret: Edward Coursolles oÌ
England; and James Gordon, a barristf'r of' To-
ronto. From this it will be seen that thrpe gen-
prations of the Jones family have engag
d in the
practice of law in the Queen City.
1\1rs. Jones, who resides at No. 241 Church
street, Toronto, has passed the eighty-seventh
milestone of life's journey. but is in iull pos-
session of all of her faculties, and her memory
of early times, and her reminiscences thereof,
are full of interest to the younger
enfl'ations.
:\1'rs. Jones is a member of St. James' Cathedra],
of which her husband was also a member. In
the death of Edward Coursolles Jones, the On-
tario Bar lost a prominent and eminent mem-
ber, and the City of Toronto one of its esteem-
I'd citizens.
REV. JAMES BR:ECKENRIDGE, who. dieit
at Streetsville. Ont., in 1879. was for many years
a well-known Preshyterian divine of Ontario. He
was born in Scotland in 18:10, son of Edward
Breckenridge, who came from Scotiand to Can-
ada many years ago, soon afterward removing
to the State of Illinois. where he died.
Rev. James Breckenridge was hut a YOlmg
man when he came to Canada, and he first en-
gaged in teaching in the County of Peel. Feel-
ing it his duty to enter the ministr), he accord-
ingly fitted himself for the work, and in 1869
entered the ministry of the Presbyterian Church,
in which he continued until his death, in 1879.
The great and good work accomplished by the
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115
Rev. :\11'. Breckenridge in the preaching of the
Gospel wiHlong be remembered by the people of
StreetsviHe, where the greater part of his work
was done.
ALEXANDER :MA:KNIKG. rfhe city of rfo_
ronto lost a public-spirited and useful citizen
and progressive, energetic business man in the
death of Alexander :Manning, which occurred
at his late residence, No. 11 Queen's Park, rfo_
ronto, Oct. 20, 1903. Mr. Manning was born in
Dublin, Ireland, May 11, 1819.
Alexander :Manning came to Canada in 1834,
and settling in rforonto when that place first
became a city, he began a business career that
was one of the most successful in the history of
the city. For sixty-nine years he was a prom-
inent factor in business and public life. and at
the time of his death he was a large land anJ
real estate owner and one of the wealthy men
of the Queen City. On first locating in rforonto
Mr. ::\Iannin!! enga!!ed in contracting, which he
followed throughout his life. He bui1t the first
sawmill in rforonto, and among his later con-
structions were the :Manning Arl'ade at No. 24:
King street west, and the Manning Chambers on
City Hall Square, both of which buildings are a
part of the Manning estate.
Not only was Mr. Manning prominent as a
business man, but he was also a representative
public man as welL He was an alderman of the
city for a number of years, and mayor thereof
in 1873 and 1885. He was twice married. His,
only surviving children are by his second wife,
Susan Smith, who was born at Sherbrooke,
daughter of Sir Hollis Smith, and who died in
1889. The children were: Blanche decea.<:cd .
Georgie Edna, wife of Hume Blake: and Perc;
.Alexander. ,.
rfhe late Alexander Manning was a staunch
Conservative. In his religious views he was a
strict churchman, and was always a consistent
and dpvoted member of the Church of Eng-
land.
JA:ì\IES FRASER, who pMsed away at his
late residence, No. 16 Walker avenue. Toronto,
Feb. 2, 1905, was for many years a well-known
and higlùy-esteemed business man of the Queen
City. He came of sturdy Scotch stock. being
born in Glasgow, Scotland, July 24, 1827. son
of WiHiam and Margaret (Laird) Fraser.
:Mr. Fraser grew to manhood in his native
country and there received his education.
About 1847 he came to Canada and engaged in
the insurance business in Toronto for tht' IJiv-
erpool & London & Globe Company, continuing
in this capacity until 1882, when he retired from
actiw life.
On Feb. 2, 1853, in Toronto, just fifty-two
years before his death, Mr. Fraser married Miss
Agnes Gemmel, born in Glasgow in 1825, daugh-
ter of .Alexander and Margaret Gemmel. natives
of Scotland, who came to Canada durtng I\1rs.
Fraser's girlhood, settling in Montreal. whence
they went in a few years to rforonto. After their
marriage Mr. and Mrs. Frager settled on Bond
street, and from there removed to the present
home of the Hon. Robert Jaffray, corner of Gren-
ville street and Surrey place, which Mr. Fraser
built. Here they resided for sewnteen years,
and then went to Guelph, returning after three
years to Toronto. rfhey then settled on Daven-
port Hill, but Mr. Fraser later built the home
at No. 16 -Walker avenue, where he was living
at the time of his death. Not only was Mr.
FrMer well known in business circles, but in
municipal and church matters as well. For sev-
eral ypars he was a member of the council of
Toronto, and served in that body ,vith credit to
himself and to the satisfaction of his constitu-
ents. He was a member of the Bond Street
Congregational Church for many years. and laid
the corner-stone for the present edifice. For
twenty-five years he was a deacon in the Bond
Street Church. On returning from Guelph he
became connected with the Charles Street (now
Westminster) Presbyterian Church, but at the
time of locating in his last residence he identi-
fied himself with the Deer Park Presbyterian
Church, with which he was connected at the
time of his death.
:Mr. and Mrs. Fraser had a family of four
daughters and two sons, one son and one daugh-
ter dying in infancy; the remaining son. Ed-
ward, resides in California. :r.rrs. Fraser sur-
vived her 'husband fourteen months, passing
away April 2, 1906.
On Feb. 2, 1903, :Mr. and Mrs. Fraser cele-
hrated their Golden Wedding, and two years
from that date his death occurred. Mr. Fraser '8
name was a household word among the sick and
needy of rforonto. During the later years of
his life he spent much time among those suf-
fering from sickness and want, cheering them
with helping words and with his substance. Full
of charity and thought for others. Mr. FrMer
was a true Christian gentleman, and in his death
the' city of Toronto lost one of its best citizens.
GEORGE MACAULEY HAWKE, who de-
parted this life O(.t. 26. 1903, at his late resi-
ò,'ne'e, No. 111 VIr ellinaton street west, was born
at Bath in 1826. Ron of Anthony Bawdon
Hawke, who came to Canada from Cornwall.
England. at the clO!;e of the war of 1812. ftllt'l
se'ttled in the CÄ'unty of Prince Edward. Later
he was appointed chipf emigration agent of Up-
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
per Canada, and came to reside in rroronto, from
which place he suùsequently removed to "Whitby,
where he died in October, 1865. He left n fam-
ily of two sons and three daughtpr8. viz.: Eel-
ward Henry, of New York; George Macauley;
Eliza, who married Judge Dertwell; Harriet,
who man'ied Lyman English, of Oshawa; and
Eliza, wife of "William Hawkins, of Colrhester,
On rearhing his majority George Macauley
Hawke came to Toronto to read law, becoming a
solicitor, and he follo"pd thp prol'pssion for
many years, until he rptired from acti\'e work.
He was a meruber of thp Church of England.
In 1857 :\11'. Hawke married :Miss Charlottp
Ann Widmer, \\"hose f[.ther, the late Dr. Christo-
pher Ralph Widmer, wa.<; born in 17H: in Eng-
land, and married )Jiss Hannah StonpllOuse.
Dr. Widmpr was a noted surgeon, and as st'.ch
served in the Peninsnlar wars and the war of
1812, and in 1814 he settled in Toronto where
he founded a hospitaJ on 'Vidmer stre
t. To
him and his wife were born thre.. children:
Ha.nnah :\laria, who married Captain Clar l " anù
has two daughters, Isabella and Edith. rpsi-
dents of rroronto; ChRrlotte Ann. Mrs. Ha.wke;
and Christopher.
Mrs. Hawl,e. who '"as horn in Toronto .June
19, 18
8, survives her husband, and resicies 3t
the old home, No. 111 Wellington street west.
To her and her husband were born tbe follow-
ing named children: Louisa, deceased: 'Viclmpr,
vice-president of the 0 'Keefe Brewing Com-
pany, who married Isabella Harston. by whom
he ha.<; had two sons, George and Edward; May
Caroline, the wife of Theodore BrClllg'h; and
Hannah Josephine, ,,'ifp of TJieutenant-C'olonel
McDougall, of Quebec.
ARTHrR HARVEY was born in England,
April 23, 1834, and educated chiefly in France
and the NptherJands. with which lattp
country
his family had long been connpcted. RI>turn-
ing from the Continent he entered Trinity Col-
lege, Dublin. in 18;}2, and in 185;} added a
special COUI'SP in actuarial science, in IJondon,
where Profpssor De 1\iorgan was the g)'eat lode-
stone for students. Coming to Canada in 1856,
Mr. Harvey first took service as assistant editor
to a newspaper in Brantford. but soon removeli.
to Hamilton. where he became associated with
the Spectator. Being one of the two swiftest
shorthand writers in Canada, and all wpll able
to follow a French as an English orator, he lived
in Toronto during the sessions of Parliament,
and, on the removal of the seat of government
to Quebec, took up residence there as C'onfidential
correspondent of the Spectator. and engagpd in
literary work generally. as a ,niter of mM{azine
artiC'lps. For a time Mr. Harvey was editor of
the QtlPbec Chrpnicle, and dpvcloped a liking
for statistics. A small pamphlet on the grain
trade of the basin of the JJakPs, in which graphic
statistics were uspd for tlll' first time in Can-
ada, brought him tl1(> fripndship of Mr. (after.
wards Sir) Alexandpr Galt, ",horn he assisted
in preparing the Budget of 1862, which in return
led to his being appointed to a position in the
Departmpnt of Finance. nominan
' as statistical
clerk, but really as confidential aid to the min-
ister of Finance. In this capacity he served
under several ministers, being entrusted with im-
portant inquiries for pacb. Thus. for Sir Alex-
ander Galt he investigated the working of thp
Rcciprocity rrreaty, and was the secretary of the
commission sent to Washington by the Five
Provinces to negotiate for its rpnewaL For Mr.
Holton he investigated the expenditures for
printing and supplies to thp Department a.nd
organized a new and regular tariff of charf'ep
and a system of C'hecks which resuJtpi] in large
public savings. For 1\lr. (now Sir) William P.
Howland he examined In tprpro\"ineial Tril(lp
and its probable development on the removal of
tariffs and the completion of an Intercolonial
Railway. For ::\11'. Galt, again minister, he col-
le('ted the statistics of the several Provinces in
view of their approaching confederation, spend-
mg spveral months at the capit:lls of the Mari-
time ProviD('ps. for this purpose. With the leave
of the Government a great part of thi<; work was
published as the Y par Book of British North
.\merica, 1867, and of Canada, 1868 and 18ô!l.
and :\11'. Harvey always regarded it f1S his mag-
num opus. It entitles him to be looked on 8S
the father of Canadian statistics. The collec-
tion. completion and summing up of materials
indppendently and often imperfectly gathprf'd
is no slight work. The genpral "ummary, com-
municatpd to his chipf. Mr. Harvey understoorl
to have hepn uspd in London in laying down thp
basis for Confpdpration; and thp Year BOf)k,
which \Va." in morp complete and sC'ientific shapp
than any national statistical work ('xcept that
officially published for Italy, was the standard
for refprence during all the Provincial dpbat
s
on that nnion which follow pd. Under Sir .John
Rose the chipf work done by Mr. Harvey was
thf' suggestion and preparation of the first Can-
a.dian insurance law, which called for the mak-
ing of regular annual rpturns and for the (le-
posit of a StUll of money as a guarantee of per-
manency. All thpsp ministprs had heen )11'.
H arvpy's personal fripnds, hut when Rir Francis
Hincks was appointed to the offire, 1\11'. Harvey
resigned his most agrpeahle find (for a civil serv-
ant) wpll paid position. and came
c Toronto
in lS70 to tak!' ('harge of the Prov:ncial In-
snrance Company. .\ftpr spveral
.('Prs' labor
"'"
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COMMEl\IORATIVE BIOaR
\PlIlèAL RECORD
in building up the finances of the compan;r, on
the eve of success, a conflagration year came
along, and with the fire at St. John, N.R.
(1877), as a climax, he thought it most honor-
able to wind up its affairs. From that time he
did not engage in important public enterprises.
:\11'. Harvey had always been actively con-
cerned in the work of scientific, literary and
other societies. He was secretary of the Horti-
cultural Society a t Hamilton, and the real
founder of the Hamilton (Scientific) Assocla.-
tion. He was a hard-working secretary of th(
S1. George's Society at Quebec, and n member
of the Literary and Historical Society there. At
Ottawa he formed
llld Wa.'> secretary-treasur('r
of the Civil Service Building and Savings Soci-
ety, and was largely instrumental in the erl.'c-
tion of St. Alban's Church-both urgently
needed. On coming to 'foronto, several building
societies here and in other places wished him to
value their terminable mortgages, and, being un-
willing to divert his attention from the affairs of
the Provincial Insurance Company, he published
the Tables he had prepared for his own use.
which were the first tables anywhere printed
for the valuation of mortgages repayable by
monthly payments. In due time he joined the
Canadian Institute and was its president in
1891 and 1892. In lS90 he was a delegate to
a function at )Iontpelier, France, where he ad-
dressed the meeting in French. which the other
delegates were surprised to find was not a
patois; and he expre.<;sed the hope that some d.ay
Francl.' would take a less narrow view of the
Kewfouml1and French
horl.' question. He he-
came a membl.'r of the Astronomif'al SOf'ietyand
was its prl.'siùent in 1898 find 189D. The Trans-
actions of these Societies contain se\'eral papers
from his pen. His spl.'cifllt), was the investiga-
tion of the connection between solar and terres-
trial phenomena for which the records of the
Magnetic and
Ieteorologicfll Observatory her!'
give many of the neccssary data. In recogni.
tion of his work on solar phenomcna he was
elected lIonorary President find Director, Tla In-
stit.utio Solar 1nternacionfll, ::\1onte Yideo. l
l'1I-
g-uay; and jnst shortly hefor8 his death wa'i
elected a Fellow of this Soc'iet).. In 1894 he was
elected a Fellow of the Royal Socir.ty of Ca(]-
ada, and the bihliogrflphy whif'h ea<:h Fdlow
hfls to prepare, for election, can be referred to in
the proceedings for that year (Vol. XU.) as 3n
evi,lenf'f' of the fertility of his pen. Later 11('
published a work on "Decimals and Decimaliza.
tion," lwing a historical rest/me of the move-
ment'i prf'('eding the adoption in France anò
other cOlmtries of the metric system, of whiC'h
Mr. IIarve)' was a warm advocate. Thongh IVh'
Harvey pref('rrml his literary to his scientifi(
117
papers his most recent contribution to the Can-
adian Institute. on "The Principles of Insur-
ance, with Special Reference to Sick Benefit
"
(the "proofs" of which he was correcting an
hour or two before his death), seems to i[1dicatc
a desire to aid in the establishment of a system
of relief in sickness and old 1\ !;C. not based on
German precedent but adapted to Canadian con.
ditions.
1\11'. Harvey was a most versatile man. He
had a remarkable mastery of languages, livin
and dead, and was highly accomplished hoth in
music and art. In debate he was a strenuous
fighter, but when the fight was over no one WI!.S
gmtler or kinder than he.
DR. WILLIAM STL"ART FR A.LEIGIT, for
many years a prominent citizen of Toronto, Ont.,
where he was distinguished as a physician and
surgeon, was born in 1847, "on of vVil1iam find
Julia (Vanderwater) Fraleigh. After com-
pleting his preliminary education Dr. Fraleigh
f'ntel'ed McGill Pniversity. Montreal, from which
he was graduated with the degree of M.D.. and
he hegan his medical practice at Napanee.
Dr. Fraleigh finally settled in Toronto, an]
engaged in the practice of his profession, also
carrying on the drug business, at No. 182 Clare-
mont street. His residence was at No. 596 Col-
lege street. Not only was the Doctor known as
a physician and surgeon of skill, and as a busi-
ness man of ability, but he was also prominently
identified with municipal matters. In 1893 h
was a member of the council of Toronto, and he
took a very active part in the deliberations of
that hody. In politicfll sentiment he was a Con-
servative, and in religious faith he was a Metho-
dist. Dr. Fraleigh was very prominent in Ma-
soni,. cirf'les.
The Do<,tor was twice married, his first wife
being Miss ;.\1ary McBride, by whom he had three
son,,: .Tames Stuart, a druggist of Midland. who
married Margaret Symes; Wi11iam E., a drug-
gist of Fort Frances. who married Marie Bell
Perry, and has one daughter, May Stuart; and
E. fT., who is also a druggist, located in To-
ronto. The mother of this family died and Dr.
Frflleigh married (sf'cond) 11iss Frances Bow-
erman. a native of HftStings County, and a
daughter of Bennett and Mary (Smith) Bow-
erman. both of whom were of United Empir
1loyalist extraction. He was a son of Cornel ins
Bowerman. a Quaker minister, whose father was
the Pnited Empire Loyalist who founded th;J
family in Canada. To the Doctor's second mar.
riage there were born two children. TÆJie J\rade-
line and Hilda 1louisa.
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NA THANIEL WHITEHOUSE, who died in
Toronto in 1876, was born in Birmingham, Eng-
land, in 1839, SOn of Charles and Mary Ann
(Richardson) Whitehouse. 'l'he parents left thE'ir
native country and came to Canada, settling fm'
a time at Toronto, whence they later removed
to New York.
Nathaniel Whitehouse received his education
in the schools of Birmingham. He went to New
York in 1859, and in 1861 came to Toronto and
engaged in making fancy leather goods. in which
line of work he continued u:Jtil his death. He
was with Brown Brothers, and for about ten
years before his death was in business for him-
self, Mr. Julian Sales, now of the Sales Leather
Company, having learned his trade with :Mr.
Whitehouse. The latter erected a shop and
residence and employed an average of ten men in
the business. Mr. "\V'hitehouse was the pioneer
in the making of fine leather g'oods of all kinds.
Mr. Whitehouse married Miss Sarah Kent, who
was born in Toronto, daughter of Joseph and
Ann (Newton) Kent, the former of whom, born
in Lincolnshire, England, in 1807, died in 1883;
his wife. born in 1815, died in 1903. They werc
married in the old country, and came to Canada
in 1836, settling at Niagara FaBs, Ont In 18'H
they came to Toronto, and Mr. Kent carried 1m
a grocery business where the "Rossin House"
now stands. Thev had children: John, deceased,
a lumber mercha
t, and at one time alderman of
Toronto; Mrs. Whitehouse; Hannah, deceased,
wife of William Terry; Charles, of New York;
and Joseph, of Toronto.
To Mr. and Mrs. Whitehouse were born chi.l-
dren as follows: Charlotte Ali('e, who is at home;
Clara, a trained nurse, of New York; and Na.
talie, a teacher, of Toronto. Mr. Whitehoru,;e
was a memher of the Methodist Church. In
political sentiment he was n Conservative.
GEORGE A. HOWET1L. until recently man-
ag-ing director of the well-known firm of Grip
Limited, 'who make a specialty of fine engravin!5S
and half-tones, is one of Toronto's leading bmi-
ness men and substantial citizens.
The Howell family, which is of Welsh extrac-
tion, was founded in Canada by the late Rev.
James Ho\VpB, horn at Brill, Buckinghamshire,
England. in 1810, son of Re.... William Howeil,
who died in that country. In his nativ.
land
Rev. :Mr. Howf>ll grew to manhood. received his
education and began his life work as a Con
re-
gational minister. and On coming to Canad!!. in
1856 he settled at GUE'lph for two years, beiu
pastor of the Congregational Church there. Ac-
cepting a eall to Tliverpool, N.S., he filled the pul-
pit of the Congregational Church there for som
time. after which he moved to Granby, thence to
Cold Springs, and finally returned to Guelph,
where he was retired for some years. Later he
removed to Orangeville, and then to Toronto in
1880, in which latter city he died Nov. 5th of
that year. Rev. James Howell married Margaret
Amelia Dougall, born in 1829 in Scotland, who
died in 'l'oronto Feb. 25. 1900, and to this union
were born the following children: Margaret
Amelia, of Lambton Mills; George A.; Mrs" J.
W. Bolton, of St. Lambert, Quebec; David
.Tames. of Toronto; Mrs. C. F. May, of Toronto;
Mrs. "\V. A. I.Ji11ie, of Monterey, California;
md
Eva C., of Lftmbton Mills.
George A. Howell was born May 24, 1861, at
Liverpool, N.S.. and was educated at Granby,
Cold Springs and Guelph. He began 'his b11si-
ness life with l\Ir. G. B. Ryan, a dry gooÙo.'I
merchant of Orangeville, from which house he
went to that of Kenneth Chisholm & Co., in the
same business at that place. In 1881 }Ir.
HOWE'll settled in Toronto. and for some time was
with 'l'he :i\Iammoth House of that city, then em-
barking in the dry goods business on his OWn
account on Yonge street, In 1891 'Ur. Howell
became a member of The Grip Printing & Pub-
lishing Company, Limited, of Toronto, and ten
years later the business was reorganized and the
name changed to Grip, Limited, of which '11'.
Howell was managing director lmtil Nov. 30,
1906. This firm make a spel'ialty of fine en-
gravings and hftlf-tones. Mr. Howell is now eon-
nected with the Stftndard Paper Company, TJim-
ited, of Toronto.
In I!JOO l\Ir. Howell was married to Lucr
Knox, born in Armag-h, Ireland, in 1871, dau
h-
tel' of William and Rachel Knox, and to this
union there has been born one daughter, Mal.'-
Q'aret Knox. Mr. and Mrs. Howell attend the
Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Re-
former, and his fraternal connections are with
the Canadian Club. of which he was president
in 1904 and 1905; the Toronto Canoe Club, of
which he was commodore in ]901, and the Xa-
tional Club.
.JOIIN W. PEAKER. M.D., "Cniversity of To-
ronto. 1886, M.R.C.S., London, England, 18S
, .
hfts been identified with the medical fraternity
of Toronto since 1889.
Dr. Peftker belongs to an English family lon
identified with western Ontaric. AI'<>ut the yt'ar
1841 the Peftker fftmily was Ù'UndE'ò in Canada
hy William Peftkpr. a native of Yorkshire. Eng-
land. who settled at CooksviJIe, where hI' en-
gaged in a merrantile business for a numbl'r of
years. His son, Williftm Pèaker, the Doctor's
ffttllPr, was born in 11129, in England, but his en-
tire husiness lifE' has bPen spent in Canada. On
reaching his majority he en
aged in a merC1Jn-
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119
tile business at Cooksyille, where he remained
several :years, at the enrl of that time removing
to Brampton, where he is still actively engag
d
in merchandising. He is one of the oldest
merchants of that place. having been in busi-
ness there since 1860. .William PeakeI' married
Miss Janet Grimshaw, a natiw of England, wbo
died in 1901. at Brarnpton, leaving chiLdr
n:
\Villiam, Thomas, George and Frederick, en-
gaged in the mercantile bm-,iness with their
father; Dr. E. S., a dentist üf Toronto; Dr. K.,
a dentist of Toronto; Dr. John W.; and Dr.
Oliver, a dentist of Bramptou.
John W. PeakeI' was born in Brampton in
1865. and his literary education was obtained at
the Brampton high school and the University of
Toronto. In 1882 he entered the medical .1e-
partment of that Uni\ersity, from which insti-
tution he was graduated in 1886 with the degree
of lVI.D. Dr. PeakeI' then pursued his medical
studies at London, England, where in 1888 he
received the degree of IVLR.C.S. Returning to
Toronto he established himself in the practice of
his profession and has been in continuous prac-
ti('e in that city Rince that time.
Dr. PeakeI' married Miss Florence .W oodrui}',
and to this union has been born one son, Cort-
landt. Dr. and Mrs. PeakeI' attend the l\letho-
dist Church. In political faith he is a Reformer.
Fraternally he has connected himself with the
lVIasonic order and the Knights of Prthias.
ALFRED GARDNER. deceased. The domm-
ant trait.
of integrity, perseverance and deter-
mination to succeed, which mark the English
race the world over, have had many exponents
among the business world of Toronto, but in
none have those sterling qualities been more un-
deniably pre!"ent than in the late Alfred Gard-
ner. who during his fifteen years in that cit.y
built up one of the largest business connections
in the place.
1\11'. Garòner was born in Bucking-hamshire.
England, )larch 5. 18:)4. and grew to matnritv
in that c<mntry. His business career began
there, but in 1887, at the age of thirty-three. he
severed his conne('tions with England, crossed
the ocean to Toronto, and started anew in th
concrete business, confining himself to its ap-
plication to fire-proof constructions. When he
began there was only one other man in Toronto
in that line, the Oranolithic Paving Company
having been first. 1\k Gardner began in a smaH
way, hut rapidly increased the scope of his ()p-
erations to keep pace with the constantly grow.
ing demand until he llßd dev('loped his businp
:
into one of the prominent indust.ries of the. city.
n was at an times under his personal super-
vision. and the resulto:; proved the value of suC'h
detailed
!lld complete knowledge of the
business and of such strict attention thereto
l\Ir. Gardner became (lne of the well-known ffiPn
of the city, and in his death, which occurred Oct.
5, 1901, Toronto lost one of her best and most
higlùy esteemed citizens. He was a member ùf
the I.O.O.F. and the S.O.E.
HUGH HARRISOX. born at Belfast, Ire-
land, in 1835, came to Toront') early in the sev-
enties. He was a lineal desC'endant of General
Harrison, who fought under CromwelL In Ire-
land he married Sarah McCord, also a native of
that country, and he left nine children and four
grandchildren to mourn his loss. His children
were:
Iargaret, wife of D. Densmore, of Cali-
fornia: Sarah: l\fary: Lillian; Jolm; Hugh, who
married Sarah 1\'IuJ"ray; ThomHs, who married
Miss Thomas; William Henry: and Alexander.
His grandchildren were: Ianthe Densmore, Gor-
don and Olive Harrison, and Hugh Murray Ha!"-
rison.
l\fr. Harrison and his family were memb?rs
of the Presbyterian Church. while in politics he
always gave his support to the Conservative
party.
REV. THOl\IAS 1\1. REIKIE was born in
OIasgo\\", SC'otland. in 1819, and died in 1900, in
Wiarton, Onto Whpn a young man he f'ame to
Canada, locating at Bowmanville, Ont., where
for nearly twenty-five years he was pastor of the
Congrrgational Church. He then spent some
time travelling in the old country, and on hi3
return to Canada settled in Toronto, where h
was l'etired from regular pastoral work, but
preached occasionall
' at different churches.
TJater he removed to Wiarton. where he was pas-
tor for a short time, and where he died. He was
well known in Toronto as a man ably fitted for
the caBing in which he served for so many
years.
l\f r. Reikie was married in 1872 to Miss ::\Iat'ion
C. Thomson, daughter of the late T. M. and
Anne (Ker) Thomson, and granddaughter ()f
James Thomson, who carne from Paisley, Rcot-
land. many
'ears ago, settling at I18 Prair'ie,
Quehec, wherf' he was a merchant until his
death. T.)1. Thom,;;on. father of
rr. Reikie,
was for many years in the wholesale dry goods
husiness at Montreal. later settling in Toronto,
where he died in 1889. His first wife died in
1852, and his second wife, surviving him bv
thirteen
.ears, passed away in 1902. -
R('v. 1\rr. Reikie and his wife had two sons and
one daug'hter: Rev. T. T. Reikie, who graduated
from Knox College, Toront.o, with the clHO:;s ùf
190fJ. and is in LeduC'. AIta.; K. W., with the
Bank of CommerC'('. 'Vinnipeg-: and Miss H. E.
I:W
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K., of Toronto. Mr. Reikie was a R,eformer !!.nd
a strong advocate of temperance.
DR. ELIJAH PATTERSON. whose death ()C-
curred in Toronto, Sept. 29, 1900, was born in
Whitchurch township, County York, in 1832,
son of William and Joanna (Utley) Patterson.
WiUiam Patterson was a son of
Whitfield Pat-
terson, who carne from Pennsylvania at an early
da
' find settled in
Whitchurch township, where
he died. William Patterson was born there about
1805, and engaged in farming in that township
for some time, and then went to "Michigan, w'hPl\
he died. his wife dying in Whitchurch town-
ship, County York.
Dr. Elijah Patterson was educated at Bow-
manville, and after completing his literary stud-
ies, read medicine. for a time. He, however,
changed his mind regarding his profession, turn-
ing his attention to dentistry, and studying with
Dr. Fenton, of Toronto. The Doctor began the
practice of his profession at Uxbridge, whence
he went to Port Perry, and then, in 1881, to To-
ronto, wherp' he continued until his death.
In 1858 Dr. Patterf.on married Miss l\Tarth:l
Pearson, daughter of .John and Sarah (Brown)
Pearson, the former born -in Yorkshire, Eng-
land, in 1818, and the latter in Markham town-
ship, County York, in 1815. daughter of Joseph
Brown. a son of James Brown, the foumler of
this bmnch of the family in Canada. .fames
Brown was bound out, in E'1gland. to the bal{-
er's trade, but was so iU-treated that he ran
away, worked his pass
:ge across to Canadfl, and
settled in Markham township, later going to
Pickering, "here he òied. Joseph Brown, pr/'-
viously mentioned, married Elizabeth "\Videman.
and followed farming- in Pickering all of his
life. John Pearson, father of Mrs. Patters()n.
was a farmer of Uxbridge, where hf' died in 1873.
His wife died in Toronto at the home of :\frs.
Pattprson. in 19m, tll{' mother of seven cihhlren:
11rs. Pfltterson, Joseph. Rachel, George, John.
David and Edward.
To Dr. and lVII's. Patterson were born one son
find one daughter: Dr. F. .J., a rlentist at Men-
dota, Illinois. who married Roby Kelley, and ha.;
one dmlghter, Greta: and Fflnnie, wife of C. N.
Johnson and mother of two òaughters, Mignon
and
elyon. Dr. Patterson was a Reformer.
His fraternal connections were with the A.O.
U.W.
STEPHE
HEWARD (d('('eased), who Je-
parted this life at No.
8 Peter strp'et. Toronto,
in 1881, was born in Toronto In 1826, son of
Stephen and Mary (R0binson) Heward, the lflt-
tel' a daughter of Christophpr Robinson, granrl-
father of Christopher Robimon. mentioned else-
where.
Stephen Heward, Sr., was a native of Eng-
land, He carne to Canada from the United
States about the time of the American Revoìu-
tion, a United Empire Loyali<;t, locating at St.
John, N.B. [.ater settling in Toronto, he Wè1S for
some time clerk of the Peace Home district at
Osgoode Hall. IIis death occurred in this city.
His children were: Charles ",Yilliam; Henry, a
la\\'Yer of Toronto; Frank, a business man of
Montreal, manager of the Ro;ral Insurance Com-
pany of 'l'oronto, in which city he died; Peter,
at one time a business man of 'j'oronto. who died
in the Madeira Islands; William B., a clerk at
OSQ'oode Hall; John, a broker of Toronto; Aug.
ustus, a broker at Montreal; Stephen; and Ma1'Y
Ann, deceased.
Stephen Heward, the subject of this sketch,
grew to manhood and received his education in
Toronto. His business life was begun in the of-
fice of Clarke Gamble, in Toronto, after which
he became identified with the Bank of Upper
Canada. Later he became a stock broker, in
which work he continued until his retirement
from active life. On Aug'. 12, 1858, he married
Catherine Crookshank. daug-hter of a pioneer
settler of Toronto, the late Hon. George Crook-
shank, and his wife. Sarah S. (Lambert) Crook-
shank. The Hon. George Crookshank was born
.July 23, 1773. in what is now the State of New
York, where his father, George Crookshank, a
nativ/' of Scotland, settled prior to the Ameri-
can Revolution. From the l'nited Rtates, as a
F. E. fjoJ'a.list, he removed to St. .Jo'lm. N.R,
where he died, his wife having' passed away in
the States. His son, the Hon. George ('rook-
shflnk, came to Toronto in 17
6. He hfld spent
the previous winter in .Jamai('a. In 1796 Capt.
.John MpGill. who rmne to Toronto with Gover-
nor Simcoe, imrited
rr. Crookshank to come to
this city, which he did. becoming connected with
the commissary department, and later serving
as assistflnt commiss
ry general. He' WfiS
lso
a member of the LeQ:islativp rouncil until the
union of the Provinres. :\11'. Crookshank was
mflrried in the town of Wilton. Connecticut, to
Rarah Susanna Lamhert. who was born in that
State. a daughter of David IJambert.. Mr. Crook-
shank died in 1859, and his wife passed awa
r
in lR40. They had these children: Jo'hn, wh:)
died in New York: George, a lawyer of Toronto;
find Catherine, born )lfay
1. 1829. in Connec-
ti('ut.
)11'. an-d 1\Irs. Rtp'phm Heward had nine chil-
dren. of whom four died in childhood. 'rhere
survive: (,lfl1'ence Erlwin, born in Edinburg'h
in 1863. find now residing in Toronto. marrierl
in Englflnd l\Iahpl G. Hutton (dec{,flsed), by
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\\ horn he had one daughter. Violet Ethel Aileen;
Mabel Augusta married Major Hugh Bruce Wil-
liams, R.E., by whom she has two children, Ed-
ward Stephen Bruce and Winifred Katharine;
Stephen ..Augustus, of the no
'al Canadian Ar-
tillery, stationed at Quebec; Aubrey Douglas, of
the Dominion Bank of Toronto; and George
Crookshank, a barrister of Toronto, where he
resides.
ì\Ir. Heward was a prominent member of the
English Church. In politics he was a Conserva-
tive, and in fraternal relations a Uason. He
died in 18ðl, at his horne, No. 38 Peter street,
Toronto, where Mrs. Heward still resides, in the
house built by her father in 1837.
:MRS. nELE
,,
. .JARVIS, whose maiden
name was Helen 'Y oodburn L
wgmuir, was born
in Picton, Ont., in 1862, and is the eldest daugh-
ter of John Woodburn Langmuir, by his first
wife, Emma IJllCretia Fairfield. daughter of Dr.
Fairfield, of Lennox and Addington County, and
niece of Judge Fairfield, of Picton, Ontario.
JOHN 'VOODBURN IJAKGMIDR was born in 'Var-
wicknumor, Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1835, and.
carne to Canada at an early age, settling in Pic-
ton and later, in 1868. in 'l'oronto. Since th:11
time
Ir. Langmuir has been prominently identi-
fied with the public affairs of the Province as in-
spector of prisons and public charities, and as
hairman of the Niagara Fans Park Commission,
and with the business life of Toronto as general
manager of the Toronto General Trusts Corpor-
ation.
In 1883 Helen 'Yoodburn married Georg-e
Hamilton Jarvis. the eldest son of Frederi
k
William .Jarvis, sheriff of the County of York,
who married Caroline Skynner in 185ï. Sheriff
Jarvis was closely associated with the business
and social life of Toronto. His death occurred
in 188ï. Of the marriag{' of Helen Woodburn
to George Hamilton Jarvis wpre born two sons:
Frederick Langmuir, July, IRS!. who since 1900
has been a clerk in the Toronto (tPlll'ral Trusts
Corporation: and Vktor Ralshm, :\Iay. lR87.
who is !'itudying for the ministry.
REV. "'
ITJLIA11 RIC'HARDSOX. who died
in Toronto .July 12. 1905. wa.<; horn in Hull,
Yorkshire, England. in lR24. son of John Rich-
arc1son, an agriC'ulturist of that country. Mr.
Richardson came to Canada when a young- man
and here entered the ministry of the Wesleyan
:Methodist Churf'h. in which he sprved for fortv-
Sf'ven years. His first ('harge was at W pston.
He sppnt seven
'ears in Lower Canada and then
returned to Upper Canada. He retired from
nis ministerial work in 1RR8. and from that time
lmtil his death liyed in Toronto.
Ir. Richardson was married in 1856 to Anna
ßL Russ, who was born in Gl'imsby, daughter .:>f
Samuel and Elizabeth (Terryberry) Russ, nat-
ives of Canada. He was a :;on of Ezekiel Russ
(born in Kew York State) and his wife Beulah
Bracket. Ezekiel Russ founùed the Russ fam-
ily in Canada, and followed farming in Griffi!
by,
where he died. Samuel Russ also followed farm-
ing in that section, but later removed to Lewi;-
ton, where the remaining days of his life Wèrc
spent. lIe died in 1887, in his eighty-first year,
and his wife died in 1890, when eighty-three
years of age. Elizabeth Terryberry was a daugh-
ter of )Iorris and :\Iary (Young) Terryberry, the
former of whom founded this family in Can-
ada. Both he and his "ife died in Lincoìn
County, where he had followed farming.
To the Rev. )Ir. Richardson and his "ire w
re
born these children: Amanda M., the wife of
Horace E. Parsons, of Erie. Pennsylvania, has
thrpe children. Albert E., Charles W. and Anna
1\1. :;\Iiss Ellen S. is a resident of Toronto. !Ja-
vina V. is the wife of J. C. Bull, of Weston.
William T., of Xova Scotia, married Emily l\L
White, and has two children. Ada and Viola.
John Coleman, of 'Veston, married Grace 'Vad-
law, by whom he has had three children, Har-
ve
' L., Grace Eileen fwd ('harles :\I.
HER)L\K H. COOK, :M.P. The Ontario
Lumber Company is one of Canada's leading in-
dustries as well as one of the oldest in the Prov-
ince of Ontario, and the history of this ent
r-
prise is coycred in the life of Herman H. Cook.
who has for many years been prominent in pub-
lic and business life in the Province ani} Do-
minion.
:\11'. Cook belongs to a fami1y long identifi
d
with Canada, many members of which have been
extensixely cnga
cd in the lumber business. rhe
Cooks, originally Palatinates, located in the days
of Queen Anne in the County of Middlesex. aJ-
jarent to the city of London, and many years
later members of thi" family. as well as those
of C'a""elman and Hackney, to whom they were
relatpd hy marriage. removed to the Amcrican
Colon ips, the Cooks settling in Virginia and the
H:wlmeys and Casselmans in the :Mohawk Val-
ley, Kpw York. During the struggle between
the C'oloniE's and the mother country these fami-
lies stood hy the Crown, and about the year 1783
came to Canada, the original Cook ancestor in
this C'ountry being George Cook, the grandfat11er
of ITp-rma.n H. He settled in Williamsbu
to\\nship, County Dundas, receiving a grant of
land from the Crown, and there spent the re-
mainder of his life. He left two sons. both of
whom are now deceased, Capt. John and Capt.
(t('or
. The former represented County Dun-
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das in Parliament, having been first elected in
1828, and he continued a member of that body
until 1840. One of his opponents for that
honor was the late Colonel 0hrysler, on whose
property the battle of Chrysler's Farm was
fought. Both the Cook brothers were in that
fight, as well as at "The Windmill," near
Prescott.
Capt. George Cook was born in County Dun-
das, and there his entire life was spent in
he
lumber business, he becoming one of the leading
lumber merchants of his day. His wife was
Sarah Cassp.lman, and to them were born chil-
dren as follows: Sarah Phoebe, who died at the
age of thirteen years; J. W. Cook, M.P., for
many years a prominent lumber man-a mem-
ber of Cook Brothers Lumber Company-a mem-
ber of Parliament for County Dundas. who mar-
ried Miss Paul, of Quebec, and had two children,
George William and Ellen; Catherinc, who died
unmarried; George J., also a prominent lumbcr-
man and member of Cook Brothers Lumber
Company; John Larkin, also a member of that
company; Mary who died unmarripd j Simon S.,
1\LP.P., who was also engaged in the lumber
business; Sarah; and Herman H.
Herman H. Cook was born in 1837 in County
Dlmdas, and from his earliest recollection he h;s
been connected with sawmil!s, lumber compan-
ies, etc. By the time he reached his majority
Mr. Cook was well schooled in the lumber busi-
ness, and he founded the Onturio Lumber Com-
pany, of which he is now president and sole
owner. IIe owns extensive Ìl1mber tract.s !!.ncl
purchases timber from other district'!, aU of
which he manufactures into lumber for the home
and foreign trade. 'fhe annual output of th
Ontario Lumber Comrany is from 15,000,000 to
20,000,000 feet, to accomplish wmch Mr.
Cook employs 500 men. His mills are at the
mouth of the French river, one of the most his-
toric spots in Canada.. Since 1858 Mr. Cook
has been a resident of Toronto, being numbered
among the oldest citi7.ens an.] most substantial
business men of the c.;ty. Not only ha.<; hi<:; life
been a prominent one from a business stand-
point, but a.<; a public mlm a.s weB. In 1872 h
was elected to the Dominion House from
orth
Simcoe, and has also been chosen twelve times
by the people as their standard-bearer in the
Dominion and Local Flouses, his puhlic life ()OV-
ering a period of neady a quarter of a century.
In 1
ß1 Mr. Herman H. Cook marrierl Miss
IJydia White, a member of one of Canada's old-
est and most honored families, a rpcord ofwllich
is given in the sketrh of John h Cook. To Nfl'.
and Mrs. Herman H. Cook hnve been born two
daug-hters: Sarah A., the wife of Frank Mac-
Donald, son of the late Senator MacDonaM, has
ree son.s and one daughter; and Emma ::\1., the
wIfe of Col. A. N. Worthington, M.P., /)f Sht:'r-
broc>ke, has one son.
1\11'. Cook has always taken much interest in
the United Empire Loyalist Society of Toronto
of which he was third president, much advan
e
ment being made in the socIety during his ad.
ministration. In their religious belief the fam-
il.y are Lutherans. ]\fl'. Cook's political prin.
clples are those of thè Reform party. The home
of :Mr. and Mrs. Herman H. Cook at No. 20
Dowling a venue, known as "Ardnacloich, " com-
mands a charming view of Lake Ontario, ;w']
is one of the most beautiful residences of the
Queen City.
JOHN FOY, whose death occurred in Toronto
Dec. 6, 1904, was born in the Queen City in
1845, son of Patrick and Catherine (Mallamy)
Fay, natives of Ireland, and early settlers of To-
ronto, where Patrick Foy was a wholesale gro-
cer for iIllany years. He and his wife both died
in that city.
John Fay received his eady literary training
in Toronto, at St. Michael's College, and when
about fifteen years of age went to England and
studied at Us'haw College, Durham, England,
completing his education in France. 1\11'. Foy
then returned to 'l'oronto, and began his bUi';i-
ness life as confidential assistant to the late Sir
Frank Smith, whose daughter he afterward mar-
ried. Shortly after the foundinO' of the Niacrara
Navigation Company, by the late Sir F;ank
Smith. lVIr. Foy berame manager thereof, a po-
sition he ably fillerl until 1903, when, on accollnt
of ill-health, he resigned. He was soon the1'
-
after elected president of this company anå
filled that position until his death. Mr. Foy was
a director in the Crown Life Insurance Com-
pany, vice-president and a director in the Home
Savings & Loan Company, a director in the To-
ronto General Trusts Corporation, and wa!'; 'ìlso
financially int!'rested in other business entpI'-
prises of the rity.
In 1879 ::\11'. Foy was married to Miss Gertrude
A. Smith. a native of London, Onto Mrs. Fay
came to Toronto in lR66, and was educated at
I,oretto Ahbpy.
To Mr. and Mrs. .John Foy were born seven
children, as follows: Frank C., who is in the
New York Central office at Toronto: John Vie..'
tor, of the Niagara Navigation Company; Gert-
rude; Clara; Emily; Mary; and Kathleen-all
born in 'I'oronto. 1\11'. Foy was a Roman Cath-
olic. In politiral faith he was a Conservative.
His late residence at No. 40 Bloor street west
was built hy 1\{rs. Foy's father, and is one of
the heautifnl homes of the city.
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SIR FRANK S1.II'l'H. the father of Mrs. Foy,
was born in Rich Hill, County Armagh,
Ireland, in 1822, son of Patrick Smith, also a na-
tive of the Emerald Isle. In 1832 Patrick Smit.h
came to Canada, and settling at Port Credit, he
spent the remainder of his life there. Sir Frank
Smith was but ten years of age when he came
to Canada with his parents. He was edl1cate.l
here, and began his mercantile life at Hamilton,
later going to London. Ont., and in 1866 set-
tling in Toronto, where he was a wholesalp ;
ro-
cer for a munber of years. lIe was president of
the Dominion Bank, and the original promoter of
the Niag-ara Navigation Company. In politifhl
life Sir Frank Smith was one of the foremost
men of Ontario. He was aeting minister of
public works in the Dominion Government for
a time, and was for many years a member of the
Dominion Senate. He died in Toronto in 1901;
his wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary
o 'Higgins, passed away in 1896.
JOHN
L\.TTGHAX The Maughan family,
of which John Maughan is a member, is of
Scotch extraction, and was founded in Can-
ada by John Maughan, Sr., who was born at
Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1800. There he mar-
ried Miss Euphpmia Stein, also of Scotch par-
ntage. In 1827 he came to Canada, making
the trans-A tlantic trip on a sailing vessel. which
was stranded at Newfoundland. Soon after pet-
tling in Toronto Mr. Maughan became identi-
fied with the commisRariat department of the
army, in which capacity he continued for many
years. In 1842 he compiled .. A Table of Com-
putations. " in book form, for the use of th
army, whereby sterling money is converted into
its equivalent in currency and vice versa, being
the firRt ever published. It showR much pains-
taking work, and possesses a great deal of prac-
tical information. From the commissariat de-
partment Mr. Maughan went into the Bank of
rpper Canada, where he remained for some
time, later retiring from active business. He
died in Toronto in 1882; his wife died there in
1862. Of their three daughters and two sons,
John Maughan is the only survivor.
John Maughan was born in Markham village,
County York, Ont.. Oct. 19, 1835. His parents
removed to Toronto in 1836, and he was erlll-
cated in private academies and the Toronto
Academy, a branch of Knox College. In 1851
he st.udied Jaw one year with MeRsrs. Mowat &
Hel1iwp]J, in 18!}2 taking a ('lerkship in the
Y{estern ASRllranCe Company, and Rince that
time he has continued in his chosen hne, having'
for many years acted as agent for the Hartford
Fire Insurance Company. Aside from his busi-
ness 1\T r. Maughan served the city as member
of the council from St. George's \Vard for a
period of nine years, a member of the boar,1
of education for two years, and has been COD-
nected with the militia since 1853, when he W,tS
commissioned ensign. In 1865 he was ad vanceù
to the rank of captain and adjutant. His mili-
tary training was received at the Toronto 1\1ili-
tary School, where his examination was passed.
On June 18, 1863, Mr. Maughan married Miss
Margaret E. Parks, born in Toronto, daughter
of the late Charles G. Parks, of Palermo. To
Mr. and Mrs. John 1\'Iaughan were born the fol-
lowing children: Herbert J., deceased; Chad<'S
F.. deceased; J olm, of Toronto, ornithologist to
the Ontario Government; Harry, partner with
his father in the insurance busin('ss; Walter,
city passenger agent of the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company, Toronto; Florence. the wife
of T. C. Howard, of Hamilton; and Miss Min-
nie. Mr. Maughan and his family are mem-
bers of the Church of England. Fraternally
he is connected with the Masonic order.
TH01IAS J. .WILKIE, provincial secr
t.
ry
of the Young Men's Christian Association for
the Provinces of Ontario and Quehec, and one
of the oldest Association workers in Canada, is
a member of a family long- identified with
County York.
The Wilkie family is of Scoteh extraction,
and was founded in Canada by Thomas Wilkie,
grandfather of Thomas J., who was born in
1784 in S('otland, son of James .Wilkie. In 1833
Thomas Wilkie came to Canada and settled at
Richmond Hill, where he died in 1840, and where
he and his wife are buried. The latter w:ts
Agnes HiUson, horn in 1784, who died in 1849.
Mr. and 1\1rs. Wilkie \ had childrpn: John;
Agnes, who married .Tames Newton; Jane, de-
('eased, who married Peter McCall; Janet, who
married Andrpw Burns; Margaret, who married
William Brydon; and two who died In infancy.
John Wilkie, father of Thomas J., was born
in Scotland, and died in Toronto in 18R2. He
was a veterinary surgeon, and also C'arried on
a blacksmithing- business at Richmond Hill for
a number of years. In 1857 he I'('moved to
Barrie, where he carried on the same occupa-
tion for 3. number of years, when he was "p-
pointed to a position in the Boys' Reformatory
at Penetanguishene, and there r{'mainpò until
advaneed years and failing health made it
necessary for him to resign. IIp then settlf'd in
Toronto, which city was his home until his
death. His wife, formerly 1\Iiss Elizaheth Bin
-
ham, was horn in the South of England about
1R13. daughter of William Bingham, the found-
er of the family in Canada and an early settler
of County York. To John and Elizab('th.
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(Bingham) Wilkie were born three children:
Thomas J.; John, deccased; and Mary M.
Thomas J. Wilkie was born ::\iay 10, 1842, at
Richmond Hill, County York, and was educated
in the grammar school at Richmond Hill and
the grammar school at Barrie, where his father
had removed when he was fifteen years old.
Aft"r completing his schooling 111'. Wilkie was
employed at a general store in Barrie for a
time, from which he became operator and <;ta-
tion agent for the N"orthern Railway. In 1864
he came to Toronto as manager for the Provin-
cial Telegraph Company, and after one year
this line passed into the hands of what is now
the GI"('at Northwestern Telegraph Company,
with which Mr. Wilkie remained until 1867.
This year marks an important epoch in Mr.
Wilkie's life. In 1867 he was converted to the
Christian faith. and the entire trend of his Jjfe
was changed. Hc became general secretary of
the Young )'[en's Christian Association. of To-
ronto, in 1869, which position he fì]led until
1880. In 186R l\Ir. Wilkie, after returning
from a Young ]\fen's Christian Association con-
vention at Detroit, proposed the formin
of a
provincial committee to as:>ist in supel'vising
thc various associations in the provinces of On-
tario and Quebec, and this idea was taken up
and the committee formed, since provin!! of
much benefit to the ()rganization. Mr. \Vi!kie
was made its first secretary, but on May 14,
1R80. he relinquished the secretaryship at To-
ronto, and went to Brooklyn. New York. where
he was secretary until 1886. During this time
the association made
Teat material and spiritu-
al advancement. TIe left Brooklyn with the
largest and best equipped building in the world
up to that time. The ardn0 1 ls duties of his po-
sition began to tell llpon 1fr. .Wilkie's hea'th
and his physician advised him to seek out-of-
door work and a relaxing of mental strain.
Accordingly l\Ir. \Vilkie retnrn('d to Canada
and purchased a farm five miles west of 'ro-
ronto, and converted it into a summer resort,
,called "Long BI'aneh," which property has
become very popula" "ith Toronto people.
Roon after returning to Canada 1fr. \Vilkie in-
terested himself with the Cllamberlain Invest-
ment Company, of Denver, Colorado, and WflS
the mana-l!er of this IJllsine<;s at Corpns Christi
and San Antonio for three and one-half years.
In 1893 he returned to Toronto, and in 189
wa.<; callpd to his present position. In 1871 .Mr.
Wilkie organized the Young ]\Ien's Chri;;;tian
Association movement under canvas, in connec-
tion with the militia. This has proved a won-
derful agent for good, hoth in the <,amp and
on the field of battle. During the Routh Afri-
('an war, Spanish-American war. and recent war
between Japan and Russia, this branch of the
work was most highly appreciated by such
men as Lord Roberts, as well as the Emperor
of Japan. who contributed $5,000 to its sup-
port. This was the first instance of a contri-
bution from the Mikado to the work of Chris-
tianity, and this act alone speaks volumes for
the military branch of the Young Men's Chris-
tian Association.
]\fl'. Wilkie has been twice married, first in
18í4 to Charlotte Cornell, daughter of Charles
Cornell, an early settler of Scarborough, whE're
Mrs. Wilkie was born in 1844. She died in
1884, leaving two sons: "William J., one of the
secretaries of the Buffalo Young Men's Chris-
tian Association; and Charles C., with the
Kemp 1\Ianufachming Company, of Toronto.,
The present Mrs. \Vilkie was Miss Mary,
daughter of Andrew 'ratlor McCord, for forty
years treasurer of the city of 'l'oronto. 1fr.
and Mrs. Wilkie are members of the Northern
Congregational Church. He is a Reformer in
politics.
HENRY BUTV..' ELL.
\mong the WèU-
known and representative bm:iness men of 'fo-
ronto may be mentioned Mr. Henry Butwell,
who has been extensively engaged in the manu-
facture of brick in the Queen City for a num-
ber of years. Mr. Butwell was born in Ox-
fordshire. England, in 1830. <;on of Richard and
Prudence (Richard) ButweU, the former a
brickmaker in the old country.
Henry ButweU grew to manhood in his nat-
ive country, and in 1857 came to Toronto, his
first night in the city being spent at the old
"Lennox Hotel" on Colborne street.
fr. But-
well at once startpd in to work, his first em-
ployment being with a Mr. Davis, at splitting
wood, this job lasting for half a month. On
heing employed he agTeed to work for twelve
dollars per month, hut as an appreciation of
Mr. Butwell's good work, his employer paill
him at the rate of fifteen donars for that period.
MI'. Butwell next worked on a famn for :>ix
months, the following winter taking a job
threshing wheat with a flail at one-eighth roy-
alty. His next employment was at cutting
twenty-five cords of wood, this. he 8ays, being
thp hardest joh of his life. After (',()mpleting
this tedious task Mr. Butwell decided to re-
sume the brickmaking husiness, whic'h he had
learned in the old, country, and 8PlOordinQ'ly
went to Y orkviHf', where he workpd at brick
and tile making for Mrs. Townsley, continu-
ing here fonr years. In 1878 Mr. Butwell re-
turned to Toronto to. take charge of the brick
yard at the Central Prison, where the prison-
ers were made to pay their way by work for
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the Provincial Government, while serving th2ir
terms, and here he remained for sixteen years.
During this time .!\Ir. Butwell rented the ::lId
Crawford estate on College street, where h
started a brickyard on his own account, and
after leaving thc prison work enlarged the
plant until it had a capacit
. of 9,000,000 pel'
year. When College streét was put through it
ran through lVIr. Butwell's yard, one of hi., four
machines being in the line of the street. He
consequently removed to Xo. 721 Bloor 'itreet
west, which is a part of the Bickford estate.
In 1894 .1\11'. Butwell embarked in business 3.t
Humber, where he owns about twenty-fivç
acres of very valuable clay land and a number
of houses. Here he carries on the extf'n<;ive
brickmaking business. the clay being nearly ex-
hausted at the Bloor plant. His annual output
is about 5,000,000 brick, and in his work he em-
ploys about forty men. .1\11'. Butwell began life
in Toronto without a dollar to lùs name. and
although he met \"ith many reverses in his
early life he continued to persevere, and his
harrl work has been rewarded by the gainin
of a handsome competence for his deplining
years.
In 1851 ]\[1'. Butwell was married to Miss
Ann Coggins, anrl to this union there were born
children as follows: Richard, who is in chat'ge
of t.he Hnmber business; Mark, also a brick-
maker; and Benjamin, Harry, James, Calèb.
Ann and Elizabeth. In politif'al matters Mr.
Butwell is a Reformer.
WILLIA.I\I R. STEW ARD. The life of the
late WiHiam R. Steward. a well-known drug-
gist, covered the span of half a century, all
spent in his native city, Toronto, where he was
born in 1844, son of William and f'harIotte
(Watson) Steward.
Among the early settlers in Toronto was Wil-
liam Steward, grandfather of Wi11iam R. He
remained in business there for some years and
there died. Twice married. his son. .WiHiam,
was one of the children of the first union. The
latter was in the saddlery business on Y onge
street, corner of Temperance, for many years,
but during his later years was in the Depart-
ment of Crown Lands. HI' died in 1873. aged
fifty-three years. leaving a widow, who died'. in
November, 1905. Her maiden name was f'har-
lotte Watson.
William R. Steward was educated in thf' old
grammar school and old Upper Canada Col-
lege, and when he reached an age to choose
his line of work decided t.o enter the drug
business. He served the time of preliminary
training. and after mastering the details of
the business engaged in businf'ss for himself,
1
;)
first on Y ong
street, opposite Trinity square,
and later on Spadina avenue, where he built a
handsome block and established himself pcr-
manently. He continued in active managcment
up to his death. and made a name for himself
by his upright and successful dealings. llls
death occurred in Toronto in 1894.
.1\11'. Steward was united in marriage, in 1876,
to .J\Iiss Lucy Hornibrook. Her father, Thomas
Hornibrook, was a native of Ireland. and came
to Canada in 1850. He. died in Toronto in 187-:1:.
To .1\11'. Steward and his wife was born one
son, W"illiam, who died in October, 1906. While
he never took an active part in politics. .1\11'.
Steward was decided in his support of the Con-
servative party. He was a membm' of the
l\lethodist Church, and served as trustee for a
number of years. The family residence is at
No. 26 Wi1lpox street. and was built by )11'.
Steward in 1889.
PETER TRENOR. for many years one of the
well-known lumber merchants of Toronto. died.
in that city in 1887. He was one of three broth-
ers who came to Toronto in 1832, the others
being Dr. Patrick and Daniel. The doctor died
unmarried, while Daniel left a family, and his
sketch will be found elsewhere.
Peter Trenor was born in County Derry, Ire-
land, in 1802. In 1832 he settled in Toronto,
on Sherbourne street (then Allan's Lane), and
there continued to reside until his death. Soon
after coming to Toronto. .1\[1'. Trcnor embarked
in the lumber business, at the corner of what
are now Duke and Jarvis streets. .\fter con-
tinuing in business for many years. during
which time he accumulated a handsome for-
tune, he retired from active business life, and
spent the rest of his days in the enjoyment of
the fruits of his early labor.
Mr. Trenor was twice married, his first wife
be,ing a Miss Brett, sister of his hrother's wife.
To this union were born: John Brett. who
graduated in medicinc from the rniversity of
Toronto. was practising in the Brooklyn City
Hospital during the Civil war in the States. and
there contracted lung trouble and died; Sarah
is deceased; and Elizabeth married ,James 0,
Donohue, anrl had four sons and one dau!!'hter,
Christopher,
\ugnstin Trenor. .James Austin,
John and ]\[at'ie Terf'sa (who married C. r\.
Smith, of Sault Ste. .J\Iarie). 1\11'. Trenor was
married the second time to .l\li!'s Annie .J\Iona-
han. born in Ireland. who died in Toronto some
time prior to the death of her hushand. Their
family consisted of four daughtel's: Maria;
Rosalie; Agnes; and Theresa, the wife of John
Clancy, by whom she has three sons-Aloysius
Trenor, Louis and Carl-and one daughter.
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1\11'. and Mrs. Trenor were members of tha
Roman Catholic Church, and highly esteemefl
residents of the city in which they had spent
so many years.
JOHN H. DUNLOP. One of the conditions
of success in life is the ability to recognize and
embrace an opportunity when it is offered, and
this quality, united with the courage to act on
the promise of the future, has won John H.
Dunlop, of Toronto, his present position as the
most extensive florist of Canada.
Mr. Dunlop comes of Scotch ancestry, some
of whom settled in the North of Ireland. There
Jackson Dunlop, father of John II.. was born
in 1830. He emigrated to New York City,
where he died when only twenty-nine years
old, leaving a widow and two children, John
H. and Martha Jackson, the latter dying in
New York in 1875. Mrs. Dunlop moved to To-
ronto in 1862, and from 1863 to 1870 carried
on a millinery business at No. 54 RichmontÌ.
street west, on the present site of the Temple
building. TIer death occurred in this city in
June, 1870, when she was aged thirty-eight
years.
John II. Dunlop was born in New York Cit
'
in 1855, and was educated in Toronto, attend-
ing the Louisa street public school. His school
life only lasted, however, until he was twelve
years old, when he was obliged to begin the
battle of life for himself, and started in at the
Wesleyan Book Rooms, where he remained
about three years. From there he went to
New York and spent a year with Lord & Tay-
lor, after which he learned the carpenter's
trade, and worked at it until 1875. when he
left New York. This experience became of
great value to him afterward in connection with
his florist's business.
Returning to Toronto Mr. Dunlop very soon
established himself in charge of the news stand
and telegraph office at the "Queen's Hotel."
and conducted it for eleven years. It was dur-
ing this period that his attention was first call-
ed to the great demand for flowers. Many or-
ders had to be filled by telegraph to Buffalo,
Boston, New York. and other points, and the
can for them increased so rapidly that Mr.
Dunlop conceived the idea of starting a green-
house himself. He built his first one in 1883
on Grange avenue. It was only 6 bv 12 feet'
but it sufficed to establish his' patr
nage ami
convinced him of the wisdom of his enterprise.
In 1885 he moved to Markham street. and
starting with a greenhouse there 8 by 50 feet,
soon increased it by an addition 4 feet in width.
There he succeeded in forcing roses by the
Bench system. which was being introduced at
that time, and lilies of the valley for winter
blossoming, being the pioneer in Canada in
both lines. Up to 1888 Mr. Dunlop continued
his business at the "Queen's Hotel," conduct-
ing his florist establishment only as a side issue,
but by that time the latter business was so
flourishing that he determined to give it his
whole attention.
After selling out the hotel stand, in 1888,
:\Ir. Dunlop purchased the first acre of his pre-
sent place, and proceeded to erect a greenhouse
21 by 100 feet, smaller ones being 16 by 60
feet. This step was looked upon as being a
fatal mistake from a business view, as most
of his friends considered the trade was not
large enough to warrant such an immense
plant. 1\11'. Dunlop, however, felt assured that
he was only laying the foundation for a still
larger business and the outcome has proved the
wisdom of his judgment. His property has in-
creased until he has now over 1 ï5,000 square
feet under glass, with a steam-heating plant in
connection that keeps it all in a state of per-
petual summer. His establishment embraces
six acres, and gives employment to twenty-five
or thirty men. He has also one retail shop in
the city, at No. 96 Yonge street, at which place
the retail part of the business is attenùed to,
and where the largest retail florist business in
Canada is conducted. This large retail trade
has been secured by the care and selection of
bloom, nothing but strictly fresh flowers being
sold.
Mr. Dunlop is connected with a large mUll-
bel' of organizations both in the line of his
business and otherwise. He is a member of
the American Ruse Society; President of the
American Carnation Society; state vice-presi-
dent. 1906 and HJ07, of the Society of Ameri-
can Florists; was one of the founders and first
presidents of the Canadian Horticultural Asso-
ciation; first sccretary and one of the early
presidents of the Toronto Gardeners' anù Flor-
ists' Association. The N orth- West Toronto
Rate Payers' Association has honored him with
a similar office. Fraternally he is connected
with the I.O.F., the A.O.U.W., and the Can-
adian Order of Chosen Friends. He also be-
longs to the :Masonic Order, being a member of
St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 16, G.R.C., Occident
R. A. Chapter, No. 77, G.R.C.; an officer in
Cyrene Preceptory, K. T., No. 29, G.R.C.;
Rameses Temple A. A. O. N .1\1. S. ; Toronto
T,odge of Perfeption, A. & A.S.n., Rose Croix
Chapter, H.R.D.:\T.; Moore Com,istory, and is
an honorary member of Damascus Command-
ery, No. 42, K.T.. Detroit, Michigan.
On :May 15., 1877, lVIr. Dunlop was united in
marriage to Miss Alice Emma. daughtpr of
,
.
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Robert and Alice (Lester) Montgomery. To
this union were born the following children:
)Iartha,
Irs. E. W. Goulding, of Winnipeg;
Mabel, ]\Irs. A. K. Butchart, of Winnipeg; J es-
sie, 1\1rs. H. L. Graham, Toronto; Alice; ]\Iar-
garet Baird, and Frank Lester. The mother of
this family passed away Dec. 28, 1901. Mr.
Dunlop again married, on Kov. 26, 1903, Urs.
Eleanor Francis Farley, daughter of Isaae
Pierce, of Nashua, New Hampshire, and it
member of one of the oldest and most respect-
ed families of that section. To this union has
been born one daughter, Dorothy Eleanor.
GEORGE PEARSALL, the oldest hardware
merchant in the city of Toronto, comes from an
old English military family which was founded
in Canada by his grandfather, Benjamin Pear-
sall.
Benjamin Pearsall was born in England, and
died at Barrie, Vespra township, County Sim-
coe, Onto He served at the Battle of 'Vater-
100, in 1815, shortly after which he came to
Canada, and settled on a tract of land which
was given him for his services in the Peninsular
war. This section was then all covered with
bush, entirely uncultivated and unimproved,
but he developed a fine farm upon which he
lived until his death. Hp. married in England,
and his children were: Ann: ]\Iartha; - ;
.John, a farmer in Simcoe, who was accidentally
killed by the upsetting of his wagon; George;
Luke. a resident of Simcoe; and Samuel.
Samuel Pearsall, son of Benjamin, was born
in 1818 in England, and was but a child when
the family came to Canada. As soon as old
enough he was apprenticed to the blacksmith's
trade at Hogg's Hollow, not far from Toronto,
in which city he subsequently settled. opening
a shop on Duke street. his establishment ad-
joining that of William Smith. Here Mr. Pear-
sall did a large business, keeping four forges in
operation, and this continued to be his occu-
pation until he met his death by accident. in
1855. With three. friends Mr. Pearsall had
gone out on Toronto Bay. where they were
drowned during a storm. He was a promÏI1f'nt
and consistent member of the )fethodist
Church and a member of the church choir.
1\11'. Pearsall was married in Toronto to Ame-
lia Lewis, born in 18:W in Bristol who died in
Toronto. Their children were: A
nie, married
Alfred Lailey, and died leaving one son, Thom-
as, of Toronto; George is the subject of this
sketch; Elizabeth, wife of Adam Bentley, re-
sides at No. 61 Berkeley street. Toronto; Ben-
jamin is engaged in a jewelry business; .T ane is
the wife of Fred. Martin. of Duke street To-
ronto; Samuel lives on DuelH'ss street, Tor
nto.
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George Pearsall was born in 1840, in Toronto.
He served an apprenticeship at the safe manu-
facturing business, beginning for himself as a
jobber in 1870, on a corner of West Judge
stre.et, in John Bogg's row of stores. He had
scarcely any capital at this time, and soon
finding himself obliged to go into other lines,
began in a small way in the hardware trade.
By careful management and judicious sales he
soon increased his business, and by 1871 re-
moved to the corner of 1\1cGill and Y onge
streets where he has since been located. He
now enjoys a large trade, doing a general hard-
ware and repairing business.
In 1862 MI'. Pearsall married Margaret
Isabella lVIaysenhoelder, who was born
near 1\1ontreal, daughter of Gibb and Sophia
(Reinhardt) l\Iaysenhoelder. They have eight
children: George, a commercial traveller,
of Toronto, married. Marian McEachren,
and their three children are Irene, Frank
and Kenneth; Sophia, wife of William
Sparrow, of Toronto, has two sons, Wil-
liam and Charles; Isabella is the wife of T.
R. 1\1orrow, a druggist, of British Columbia;
Victoria, wife of H. R. Hamilton, of Montreal,
has two daughters. Grace and Isobel; Samuel.
who is with his father in Toronto, married Ann
Ella Janes, and they have two children, Gor-
don and Clifford; Annie, wife of Jack Townson,
of Toronto, has one son, He,nry Hubert; Eliza-
beth is unmarried; Louise is the wife of Addis
Brady, of Chicago, and has one son, George
Addis.
1\1rs. Pearsall's mother was born in Quebec.
Her mother's mother was of French extraction.
1\1rs. Pearsall's parents died in Toronto. Her
paternal grandfather was born in Germany and
established the family in Canada.
JACOB W ALTON. After thirty-eight years
of efficient service as postmaster at Kettleby,
and an equal period as merchant at that place,
no one is more widely known through all the
surrounding country than Jacob Walton. He
belongs to a family that settled in Canada just
afte,r the war of 1812, and he is of the third
generation from the founder of the pioneer
family of that name in Canada. His life covers
nearly the whole period since that time, and he
has been an integral part of the history of
King township.
Jesse Walton, grandfather of Jacob. was
one of the United Empire Loyalists, and was a
native of Pennsylvania. He served in the Eng-
lish army during the war of 1776, and at its
close settled in Kew Brunswick, where he died.
With other loyalists the property in Pennsyl-
vania was relinquished rather than renounce
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allegiance to the King. His widow and chil-
dren moved to York County, where she ùied.
They had three sons and two daughters, name-
ly: John and William, who moved to "\Viscon-
sin, and died there, leaving families; Jesse (2);
Hannah, who married Phillip Bogart, of Whit-
church township; and Elizabeth, who married
Martin Bogart, of King township.
Jesse Walton (2), was educated in New
Brunswick, and was there married to Miss Eliza
Buck. They came to York County in 1824, and
at first made their home on a smaU place in
East Gwillimbury, where he cleared up a farm,
but in a few years hE' removed to Tecumseth
township, and engaged there in agriculture nn-
til 1840. In that year he bought a farm in
Concession 4, Lot 29, King township, where he
lived until his family had grown up. He then
moved to Aurora and lived there until about
1870. With a large number of others of the
vicinity he went to Kansas and took up land
near Garnett, and there his wife died. After
about two years' residence in that State Mr.
Walton returned to Kettleby and died at the
age of seventy-six. Both he and his wife were
members of the Christian Church. In politics
he was a Reformer. His children-three sons
and seven daughters-were: Jacob; Hannah,
widow of Seth Heacock; George Ames, a resi-
dent of Manitoba; Brooks Wakefield, of To-
ronto; Caroline, deceased, wife of George
Read; Mary, who married Charles B. l\Iajor,
of Michigan, and has several children; and
Elma Jane, wife of Rev. B. S. Mills. of :Michi-
gan. The othE'r children died in infanc;\T.
Jacob WaIton was ùorn in East Gwillim-
bury, near Newmat'ket, Jan. 2, 1826. His
father moved to Tecumseth and there the fam-
ily lived tin 1840. when they came to King
township. Jacob received his education in the
public schools. He .leanlf'd the trade of black-
smith and worked at it for some years, and in
1852 he gave that up and went into an entirely
different field. Moving to KettIeby, he open-
ed a store there. and began the mercantile
career that proved long and successful. Dur-
ing the first year he secured the appointment
of postmaster. and for thirty-eight years serv-
ed the public in that capacity. In 1891 he re-
tired from all active participation in business,
and turned over the management of his store
to his son, Jesse M. WaIton, who was appoint-
ed his successor as postmaster. Although a
strong Reformer. .Jacob Walton has never
taken any active pa.rt in politics. In religious
belief he has a.dhered to the faith of thE' Chris-
tian Church. in which he was brought IIp.
.Tapoh 'Valton was unitpd in ma.rriage to
Mary Lloyd, daughter of Thomas and Sarah
Lloyd, a pioneer family of York County.
Throughout their married life Mr. and l\Irs.
Walton have lived in Kettleby, and have rear-
ed a family of seven children: (1) Ella lVI.,
born in 1869, is the wife of W. D. White, for-
merly of King township, now in the hardware
business in Collingwood. They have one
daughter, Frances. (2) Elizabeth Adelaide,
born in 1870, died in early womanhood. (3)
Elma Jane, born in 1872, is the ,...ife of C. F.
'V ebb, a merchant in Toronto. Kansas. (4)
Clara Eliza was born in 1874. (5) Gertrude,
born in 1876, died at the age of fourteen. (6)
Frederick, born in 1878, is carrying on the old
homestead in King township. He ma.rried Miss
Minnie Hulse, of that locality, and they have
two children, Mary and Charles. (7) Jesse
.1\1. is mentioned below.
JESSE M. WALTON was born in 1866, and as a
boy was sent to the district schools. Later he
went to the Friends' College at Pickering. In
1891 he succeeded to the control of his father's
store at Kettleby, and also served as postmas-
ter. In 1900 he opened a banking office in the
town of Aurora. and has built up an extensive
business. In 1903 he sold the old Kettleby
mercantile business which had been held by
the family for over fifty years to W. C. Bogart,
and since that time has confined himself entire-
ly to banking. He is a Grand Scribe of the
Sons of Temperance of Ontario, and editor of
the Sons of Temperance Reconl, now in its
eleventh year of pubJication. He has been
treasurer of the township of King since 1889.
RICHARD SW AIR who died at Brace-
bridge, June 19, 1889, was at one time a l.'('si-
dent of Toronto, where he was in business for
a number of years. He was horn in Hertfor<l-
shire, Engla.nd. Dec. 23. 1849. and there grew
to manhood and received his education.
In 1870 he came to Toronto and followed
the blacksmithing business for about eight
years, after which he went to Bt'a.cebridge, and
there continued the same business until his
death. "'While residing in Bracebridge .1\11'.
Swain was prominent in municipal matters,
and was for nine ;vears a member of the coun-
cil of that place.
In Toronto, .l\Iay 8, 1871,
Ir. Swain married
Miss Annie E.
orwich. horn in I.1ondon, Eng-
land, .T une :i0. 18;)1, daughter of Joseph and
Maria Norwich, natives of that country anù
founders of the family in Canada. To Mr.
and .!\frs. Swain were born the follo,ving phil-
dren: Frederick William. born .J an. 27. 187:3,
at Toronto, who married Jane Appleton "Ma-
tilda Norwich, and has three children. Freder-
ick William, Richard Joseph and JE'nnie Nor-
....
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COMì.\IE)IORATIVE BIOURAPHICAL RECURD
wich. Richard Joseph, born Dec. 11, 1874, at
Toronto, now of 'Winnipeg, Man., who married
Bellareina Delema Bisson, and has three chil-
dren, Annie Elizabeth l\Iatilda, Emma Pau]Ïne
and Alice Ethel; Emma Louise, born Sept. 9,
1876, at Toronto; John Henry, born Nov. 2.3,
1878, at Toronto (Seaton village); Benjamin
Oscar, born Feb. 23, 1881, at Bracebridge, Ont.;
Annie l\Iabel, born Oct. 20, 1884, at Brace-
ùridge, and Mary Ethel, born Nov. 23, 18ti6, at
Bracebridge. The family were reared in the
faith of the Church of England. Mr. Swain
was a Conservative. Fraternally he belonged
to the Freemasons and the Orangemen.
EDLEY KYLE, who died in 1898, at his late
home, No. 32 Hazelton avenue, Toronto, was
one of the old and much respected residents of
York, in which county he resided practically
all his life.
Edley Kyle was born in 1816. in New York
State, where his parents were temporarily re-
siding. He was the son of Robert and Eliza
(Christie) Kyle, who came from County Ty-
rone, Ireland. Robert Kyle, who was engaged
in the export of square timber from Canada to
Ireland, made frequent trips from Ireland to
this country, though he did not permanently
settle here. While prosecuting this business,
which necessitated his visiting different parts
of Canada. he 'was drowned in Lake Simcoe.
when his son was still very young. His widow
finally settled in the village of Thornhill, where
she died.
Thus Edley Kyle was left at an early age
largely to his own resources, and had to take
up the work of life when most lads are enjoying
boyhood sports. In Thornhill, where he spent
nearly seventy years of his life, he attended
school, and learned the trade of builder, which
he followed until failing health compelled him
to retire from active work, when, in 1883. he
removed to Toronto, where he died.
1\1r. Kyle, who married Mrs. Hannah 1\IcLel-
lan, of Thornhill, left two children: Charles
Edley Kyle, now engaged in wholesale grocery
brokerage in Toronto, and Miss Eliza Kyle, of
this city, and also two step-children, James A.
McLellan. l\I.A., LL.D., late principal of On-
tario Norma] College, who resides in Hamilton.
and Mrs. Gerard Wiley, of Richmond Hill.
In religion Mr. Kyle was a consistent and
faithful member of the Methodist Church. In
politics, while taking no active part, he was :t
staunch supporter of the Liberal party.
JA1\1ES L. HUGHES. One of the best
known men in educational circles in both Can-
ada and the United States, is Chief Inspector
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J. L. Hughes, of the Toronto Public Schools,
who has spoken on educational topics in all
the principal cities of the Dominion and the
States, and whose writings on different lines
of educational work are well-known to the
teachers of both countries.
The Hughes family, of which Inspector
Hughes is a worthy representative, is of Welsh
origin. From Wales, many years ago, memo
bers of the family migrated to Ireland and
thence to Canada. The family was founded in
this country by John Hughes, father of the
Inspector. He was born in County Tyrone, Ire-
land, in 1822, and he died in Toronto in 1905.
In his native land he received his education,
and in 1845 came to Canada, settling in the
County of Durham, where he engaged in farm-
ing for a number of years, and then engaged in
teaching in the public schools, continuing in
the latter capacity for twenty.seven years. The
latter part of bis life was spent in Toronto,
wbere he became well and favorably known.
.J ames L. Hugbes was born Feb. 20, 1846, in
the County of Durham, and his education wag
received in the scbools of his native place and
the Normal School of Toronto, from which lat-
ter institution he was graduated in 1866. Mr.
Hughes be.gan teaching in 1864, at the age of
eighteen years. and after graduating from the
Normal school became head master of the
Frankford (County Hastings) school, where
he remained fo
eight months. On his
twenty-first birthday Mr. Hughes was tendered
a position as teacher in the Provincial Model
School. Toronto, where he accepted, and assum-
ed the duties thereof at the opening of the
scMol year. 1866-7.
In entering this department, Mr. Hughes be-
gan at the bottom of the ladder. He remained
in the Model school seven years. during which
time he had risen from the lowest position in
the teaching staff of the school to that of prin-
cipal. In 1874 Mr. Hughes was appointed
Chief Inspector of schools for the city of To-
ronto, which position he has since held. The
rapid growth of the schools of Toronto for the
past more than three decades, may be seen
from the fact that in the first named year, when
1\1r. Hughes became inspector, there were but
sixty-seven teachers in the schools of the city,
while in 1906 there were 687. The popularity
of Inspector Hughes is not confined, however,
to the city of Toronto, nor the Province of On-
tario, nor even the Dominion of Canada. That
he is a man: of international reputation will
be seen from the fact that he has responded to
calls to lecture on educational matters in such
cities of the United States as Boston, New
York, Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Milwau-
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kee, St. Louis, Peoria, Denver, Omaha. Buffalo,
Cincinnati, Columbus, Kalamazoo, Rochester,
Syracuse, Albany, Salem, Portland, Lowell,
New Orleans, Des Moines, Kew Haven, Hart-
ford, and many other cities of less population.
Inspector Hughes is also the author of several
works, among which may be mentioned "Froe-
bel's Educational Laws," "Dickens as au Edu-
cator," "l\Iistakes in Teaching," and "British
and Canadian Histories." In 1878 Inspector
Hughes taught the first lesson in the Chautau-
qua course, Bishop Vincent delivering the ad-
dress.
Not only is Inspector Hughes a very promi-
nent man in educational circles, but Mrs.
Hughes, his wife, has also gained international
reputation in educational fields. Mrs. Hughes,
who was Miss Ada Marean, was born at l\Iaine,
New York, in 1849, daughter of Chester and
Arvilla Marean. She was graduate.d from the
Albany (N.Y.) Normal school in 1871. and
from the Kraus-Boelte school, New York City,
June 18, 1876. Just thirty years thereafter,
her daughter. Miss Laura C. Hughes, was grad-
uated from the same school, Mrs. Hughes de-
livering the commencement address. 1\1rs.
Hughes was president of the World's Kinder-
garten Congress at the "\V orld 's Fair, Chicago,
1893, and was president of the International
Kindergarten Union in 1905-6, and 1906-7. She
is also president of the Household Economic
Association of Canada, and it was she that in-
troduced kindergarten work into Toronto.
Inspector and l\Irs. Hughes have four chil-
dren. namely: Helen 1'1.. a graduate of the Chi-
cago Normal School, and of the University of
Toronto (1900), with the degree of B.A., is a
teacher in the schools of New York City; Ber-
tha was educated in the Toronto public and
high schools and the Rrhool of Expression of
Toronto; Laura C. is a graduate of the Kraus-
Boelte school, New York City, class 1906; and
J. Chester is a member of the class of 1909, in
engineering. University of Toronto. Inspector
Hughes is a past master of St. Andrew's IJodge
No. 16, A.F. & A.l\Ioo and past grand master of
the Orange As
ociation of Ontario West.
WILLIAl\I PETIT' HELLIWELIJ, who pass-
ed away at his residence, No. 187 Carlton
street. Toronto. Sept. 6. 1889, was born Nov.
9, 1830. in the County of York, Onto He was a
member of the pioneer family of that name of
Northern Ontario, which was founded in Can-
ada by Thomas Helliwell, the grandfather of
William Petit Helliwell.
Thomas Helliwell was born in 176!1, and died
July 11, 1823. He was married in his native
country to Sarah Lord, who was born in 1773,
and died July 19, 1842. In 1817 Thomas Helli-
well came to Uanada, settling at Drummond-
ville, where he engaged in the distilling busi-
ness. In the winter of 1820-21 the family went
to East York township. County York, settling
on the Don River, where Thomas Ilelliwell and
his sons, Thomas (II.) and John,
ngaged iIl.
the brewing business until the father's death.
After that the business was continued by the
widow and sons. Thomas and Sarah (Lord)
Helliwell, had the following named children:
Elizabe.th, born in 17!:12, married John East-
wood; Thomas (II.) was born in 1795; .Mary,
born in 1797, married Colin Skinner, and had
one son, Colin; John, born in 1799, married
l\Iary Elliott; Joseph was born in 1802; Wil-
liam, born in 1811, married Elizabeth Bright;
Charles Lord, born May 13, 1816. died May 14,
1906, in Toronto.
Thomas Helliwell (II.), born in 1795, the eld-
est son of his parents, was engaged during most
of his life in the brewing business. His first
wife was Mary Willson, of Stamford, by whom
he had the following children: Sarah. .r ohn,
Abigail, Thomas and William Petit. The sec-
ond wife of Thomas Helliwell was Ann Ash-
worth, who became the mother of these chil-
dren: Edward, Christopher, Gor(lon. Elliott
and Alexander.
From the foregoing record it wiB be seen
that "William Petit HeHiwell was a member of
an old family of the County of York. Com-
ple.ting his studies at Fpper Canada College,
Toronto, he engaged in the hardware business
on reaching his majority and carried it on for
a number of years. After his marriage. to
Sophia Ann Wood, he retired and moved to his
estate on Don Mills road, living there until a
few years prior to his death, when, having solù
part of the estate. he located at his residence,
Ko, 187 Carlton street, Toronto. His widow
and some of their children continue to reside
there.
In August, 1865. William Petit Helliwell
married Sophia Ann Wood, whose parents,
John and Elizabeth (Steers) Wood. were both
born in Kent. England. In 1843 1\11'. and 1\Irs.
Wood located in Toronto, settling on Isabella
street. where 1'11'. Wood and his Rons engaged
in the planing. box manufacturing nnd lumber
husiness for a numher of years. 1\1rs. Wood
died in Toronto Nov. 12, 1892, find 1\'[1'. Wood
die,d in London. Ont., Aug. 11. 1898. and was
buried in the family plot in St. James ceme-
tery. Toronto. They attended the English
Church, and in latpr years the Baptist (;hurch.
They were thp parents of the following named
rhil(lren: Emily, ?llfrs. A. Parrinton, of Toron-
to ; John. who died in 1840; Charlotte, who
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died in 1844; 11rs. William Petit Helliwell;
James E., of Toronto; John A., who died in
\u-
gust, 1873; Correna E.; Mahala. who died in
1857: Philip B., of Toronto; and Amos B.. of
Toronto.
1\11'. and 1\1rs. Helliwell were the pal'pnts of
the following named children: Edith 1\1., the
wife of Abiel S. Bowers, who haf? one daughter,
Phyllis; Gertrude E., who married Thomas
Rowan. and has two children. Donald and
Kathleen: Carrie Louise, the wife of
\.rchibald
\Jlan, of Xew York; Ida S., the wife of Thomas
Wardell. who has one daughter. Helen; E. Abi-
g-ail. thp wife of Allen C. Her; Thomas W., of
Toronto; Gordon V\T.. of Toronto; and Frank
R.. of Toronto.
In religious faith )11'. Ilelliwell was a mem-
ber of the Chmch of Eng-hmd. In politics he
was a Consen'ati\"e.
HEi\RY R. FRAXKLA:\TD, collector of in-
land reWllne at Toronto, and a well-known
man of the County of York is a member of a
famil;\" which has long been identified with the
yarious interests in this section of Ontario.
The Frankland family is of English e
trac-
tion and was founded in Canada b
' Garrett
Frankland, the father of Henry R. Garreti
Frankland was born in England in 183.1. a son
of John Frankland. who died in his native
land. In England. Garrett Frankland grew to
manhood and there received his educational
training. In 1854 he came to Canada. settling
in Toronto. where for some time he was asso-
ciated with a :Mr. Xightingale in business
Later 1\11'. Frankland purchased the property
on which his son Henry now resides. and there
engaged in a wholpsale butchering business.
al&o exporting cattle to England: he was the
pioneer here in the latter line. and his efforts
in the development of this industry were high-
ly appreciated by the Agricultural Society.
which expressed its estimation of his services
in substantial form l)y presenting him a hand-
some marble clock and a testimonial signed by
Philip Armstrong and James King. During
his long business experience as a shipper of
cattle )[1'. Frankland had mnny impediments
to overcome, among them the "Embargo Act."
which he fought rigorously and almost single-
handed, and not without success. The citizens
of Toronto showed their high appreciation of
his efforts rpgnròing this mea!'urp nt a banquet
in his honor. held at the "(
ueen 's Hotel,"
when, in an appropriate speech. the
T presented
him a handsome gold watch and chain.
As ahove stated. Mr. Frankland settled ou
the property now owned by his son. soon after
coming to Canada. It is situated in York
Ul
township, whence he moved prior to his death,
in 1900, into Toronto. He was twice married.
first to Jane Nelson, who was born in 'l'oronto.
daughter of Thomas Xelson, an early settler
of Toronto and a native of Ireland. 11rs. .Jane
Frankland died in 1883. leaving children as
follows: Henry R.: Annie, wife of George L.
Kavanagh; Herbert P., of Toronto; FI'ances
C., widow of Alfred S. Dixon: and Arthur
Hope, of the Assessment Department. Toronto,
who married Anna :\1ullin. All the childr('1J
were born in York township. )[1'. Frauklaud
married after the death of his first wife. but
there were no children by the second union.
Hpnry R. Franklnnd was born on the old
homestead in York township, Sept. 1. 18;)8. and
was educated in a private school at Colling-
,,"ood and the public schools of York, amI hp is
now a trustee of the latter schools. sen'ing since
lR86. In the year 18í-! he crossed thp
\tIantic
with the first consignment of ('attle that left
from the "\Vest, passing through Toronto; he
took full charge of them nnd landpd them in
Liverpool. from which place they were sent on
to London and they realized the enormous stUn
of f:42 per head. Xever before or since haye
such figures been realized on a cargo of cattIp.
)[1'. Frankland began his business career un-
der his father's dirpction. and C'ontinued in
the same line Imtil }!JOO, when he was madp
collector of inland rennne. in which capacit,\,
he has served ever since. Prior to this he had
been connected with municipal matters. and
also with county public affairs. having for fiye
years served as deputy reevp and reeve of
York township. and as such being a member of
the county council; for four years he was an
alderman of the city of Toronto. and in 1896
he contested East York for the Dominion
House. to which he was elected by a majority
of 80. Since 18
;) he has been a justice of the
peace.
In 190;) 1\11'. Frankland was elected president
of the Toronto Horticultural Society; is a mem-
ber of the Agricultural Society of Toronto Dis-
trict: is vice-president of the Ontario Horticul-
tural Exhibition: and a director of the Indus-
trial Exhibition and a member of the executive
board thereof.
In 1883 1\11'. Frankland was mnrried to :Miss
ì\Inry Catherine Smith. daughter of the late
William Smith, of Toronto. whose sketch ap-
pears elsewhere. and two children have been
born to this union. viz.: Gertrude and Beatrice
Olivier. )[1'. and 1\[rs. Frankland are consist-
ent members of the Church of England. in
which he has been warden for twenty years
and has also officiated as superintendent of the
Sunday-school.
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\L RECORD
In fraternal life Mr. Frankland is a Free-
mason, belongs to St. George's Society, to the
Royal Arcanum, and to the A.O.U."W. For ten
-ears he was vice-president of the Children's
Aid Society of Toronto, and he was manager
of the House of Industry also of this city. [t
will thus be seen that wherever valuable ser-
vice was to be. given, or public spirit to be
shown,
Ir. Frankland has been prominent in
this section for a long period.
CHARLES CLARKRO
, B.A. (deceased).
Among the well-known educators and text-book
authors of Ontario was the late Charles Clark-
son, who died March 17, 1902. in Toronto.
::\11'. f'larkson was born in 1845, in Yorkshire,
England. son of Reuben and Hannah (Dale)
Clarkson, who in 1833 came to Canada and set-
tled at St. Mary's, where the father followed
farming for a number of years; there he died.
In St. Mary's grammar school Charles Clark-
son began his literary training under Dr. 1\1c-
Lellen. Later he attended the Toronto Nor-
mal School, and there qualified for teaching,
which he followed for a time before entering
upon his classical course at Toronto Univer-
sit
T. from which he was graduated in 1876.
with the degree of B.A. After graduation 1\[1'.
Clarkson went to Dundas, where he was head
master of the boys' college. He then went to
Seaforth, being head master of the Collegiate
Institute there for seventeen years, during
which time he also got up the Clarkson Arith-
metic and the Clarkson Algebra, both of which
were adopted in Manitoba. 1\11'. Clarkson fin-
ally settled in 'foronto, where he became an
editor and reviewer of text-books, being thus
engaged until his death. lIe also wrote the
"Lay of the Last Minstrels."
In 1872 1\11'. Clarkson married Amelia Ar-
nold, who was born at Paris, Ont.. daughter of
Charles and Agnes (Taylor) Arnold. who were
born in Bedfordshire, England, the former in
1819, the latter in 1820. Charles Arnold's
father, Isal1c Arnold, came to Canada in 183l.
settling Ht Paris. where he died. His wife was
Amelia Cook also a native of England.
Charles Arnold, the father of Mrs. Clarkson,
was educated in Paris, and there went into :he
nursery business, in which he continued until
his (leath, which occurred in 1888. He and his
wife had the following children: Goorg-e, I)f
Winnipeg; Ida, the widow of William Nisbet,
of Hamilton: Ella, the wife of Edward Moyle;
anò Mrs. Clarkson.
Mr. and }irs. Clarkson had three sons, all.
well-known professional men of Toronto: Dr.
Fred Arnold Clarkson, a well-known medical
praetitionf'r, who married Bessie Bastedo;
Charles Hl1rold Clarkson, D.D.S.; and Percy
Edward Clarkson, D.D.S. The fami1.)" are
Methodist"!. 1\11'. Clarkson was a Reformer in
politics, and fraternally he was connected with
the LO.O.F.
REV. WILLIAM BEE was well known
throughout Ontario for the great and good
work he performed as a minister of the Gos-
pel. He was born Nov. L 1827, at WeÌl'dale,
County of Durham, England, and passed away
at his late residence, No. 16 Birch avenue, To-
ronto, Jan. 7, 1905. When a young man Mr.
Bee was converted to the Christian faith. On
reaching manhood he entered the Methodist
ministry. and from that time until his com-
ing to Canada there was scarcely a Sabbath
that he did not occupy a pulpit in his native
country.
In 1852, in England, Rev. Mr. Bee was mar-
ried to Jane Martindale, daughter of John and
Sarah (Armstrong) Martindale, and in 1856
they came to Canada. for a short time resid-
ing in the County of Esspx.
rr. Bee was sub-
sequently pastor of the Primitive l\fethodist
Churches at Grand R,iver, DTI1mbo, Collin's
Bay, Albion, Reach and other places, and in
1871 was appointed general ann missionary
secretary and book steward of the Primitive
1Vfethodi
t Church. in which capacity he served
until the Union, in 1884. At the time of the
Union of the churches Mr. Bee retired from the
pulpit ann went to the North-Vrpst, where he
resided for eleven years, then returning to To-
ronto, where he bought his late residence at
No. 16 Birch avenue. Mrs. Bee, who survives
her husbHnd. resides with her daughter, Mrs.
H. R. Gibson, in Kentucky. In political mat-
tf'rs Rev. Mr. Bee was a Reformer.
To Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Bee were born these
C'hildren: John, who died on the trip to Can-
ada; William, who died young; Sarah Ann,
who died in June, 1883: Mary Jane, wife of
Rev. 'William Booth, who has one daught
r,
Ethel; Elizabeth R. wife of John Herron, who
has six children, Horace, Dorothy, Ida. George,
.Tack and Jean; Wilhelmina. who is the wife of
Rev. BenjHmin Ririe, of the China Inland Mis-
sion, and has three ('hildren, William, Harold
and Mary; William Garner, of New York. who
married Ida .Jameson. and has had two children,
George and Minnie; Thomas Martindale, of
J.emher!!. Ra<;katchewan, who married 1\Tm'
.
Harper, I1nd has four children, Emily Jane,
'Yilliam. Ethel and Eric; and Ida, the wife of
Harold H. Gibson, who has two children, An-
sel and Miriam.
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ELI H. HILBORN, who died at his resi-
den
e at No. 7-1 Brunswick avenue, Toronto,
May 17, 1906, after an illness of about a yea.r,
was a member of one of the pioneer families of
York County, founded in Canada by his grand-
father, Thomas Hilborn, in 1806.
Thomas Hilborn emigrated from Pennsyl-
vania, and settled in Newmarket for a short
time, later removing to the COlmty of Ontario,
Ont., near Uxbridg'f', at what is known a
Quak-
er Hill. Here hoth he and hi'i wife died, tllPii'
children being: :\lrs. .Jonathan Gould, who dipd
in Pennsyh'ania: .J ohn ; Amos; Rachel, who
married .William Gould; Phoebe, who
married .John James; Stephen; and Joseph. who
died in the County of Lambton, Ontario.
Stephen Hilborn was horn in Wrightstown,
Bucks County. Penns
rh'ania. in liS;). and came
to Canada in 1806. .with the family. He re-
mained at Xe,,'market for a time after his
father had located at {"bridge. and later 1'1'-
mowd to Whitchurch tomHihip, Coun
' .)f
York, where he married Hannah Hambleton,
a native of Penn<;yh ania, anò daug-hter of
Moses Hamhleton, who came to the Connt\. of
York aDout 1806. During the war of 181
his
son Aaron Hambleton was drafted, but bein
a Quaker in religion he refused to engage in
any st.ruggle at arms, and was therefore. with
thirty others. thrown into prison. at Toront
,
where he died. This action on the part of ::he
Canadian Government caused :Moses Hambl.'-
ton to return at once to the rnited States. set.-
tling in
ew York State. where he spent the
remainder of his life.
.After marriagf' Stephen Hilborn settled at
Uxbridge, where the remainder of hi<; life was
spent. His (.hildren were; Jo!';hua, who .1ied
in 1882: .Annie, wha married .J ames Rus<;{'ll,
and who died in Michigau; Rarah, who married
Anthon
' A very. and had several sons, one of
whom. Linf'oln. is conector of customs at Port.
Huron, another, Alpxander. postmaster at that
point for some time r.nd later coJlpctor of cus-
toms. and still anot.hpr. Joseph. at one tim2
Count.y .Tndge of St. Clair Count
., :ðIichigan;
Elizaheth, ,,'ho married Elijah Rose; lIIoses, who
died at thc age of six years: Ramt1Pl, a mech-
anic, who died in 1859: Edwin. also a mechani(',
who died in Applpton. Wis.; John, of Korth
Dakota; .JrlTIe, who marripò Daniel Gould. a
brother of .Joseph Gould, :\LP.: Priscilla. who
(lien at the age of ten years; Eli H.; and Abi-
gail. who marriefl David Hall.
Eli n. Hilhorn was educated at the high
school of {'xhridgc and the normal school of
Toronto, after graduating from which he "n-
gaged in teaching school for four years. H,>
thrn engag{'t! in manufaeturing lumher. oper-
133
ating a sawmill at Cambra
', also following the
tanning business and engaging in farmmg. He
later sold out these businesses and purchased
the old homestead at {T\.bridgp, where he "e-
sidcd until removing to Toronto in 1889. In
18:58 he married Sarah Widdifield, a member
of an earl
settled family, and to this union
have been born two daughters: Elcetta, widow
of "\Yilliam T. FOl'far, of Toronto Junction, and
mother of four children. Florence. How-anl
Lillian and Gordon; and Florence, who mar:
ried Charles Forfar. B.A., a Ì(tacher in the Har-
bord Collegiate Institute, Toronto, and has two
chilnren,-Russell and Lolita.
During :\11'. Hilborn's residence in Uxbridae
he was clerk for si"\":t.een years, and a memb
r
of the high school board for some time. He
was a member of the Ontario Agricultural
Commission in 1880, at whif'h time he was
president of the Dominion Grange. In poli-
tics he was a RefQrmer, and took a great in-
terest in the success of that party. He ,,'as
fraternall;\" affiliated with the I.O.O.F. In hi.,;
religious faith he was a Methodist, and all his
family are memners of the church of that .1e-
nomination in Toronto.
HORATIO WILLIAM XELSON, who died
at his late residence. 1\0. 70 St. Alban street,
Toronto. Nov. 22, 1901, was born in )Iontr
al
in July, 1846. son of Horatio Admiral and
Maria (Davison) Nelson. Horatio Admiral
:\'"elson, l\'LP.P., was born in New Hampshir.:>,
F.S.A.. ann was the founder of this branch of
the family in Canada. The first of the family
in America was Capt. Char]e
Xelson, who took
an active part in the American Revolution.
The Xelsons are of English e"\":traction, and ha,'e
for many years b
n connected with the com-
mercial interests of Canada.
Horatio Admiral Nelson settled in
Iontreal
in an early day and there engaged in the manu-
facture of woodenware and fanc
' goods, etc.
There his business life was spent, and there he
and his wife died. For SDme time Mr. Nelson
was a member of the Quebec Parliament. Tn
politif'al affiliation he was a Reformer. He a.nd
his wife wer(' memhers of thl' American Pres-
byterian Church. They hRd children as fo
-
lows; Andrew David,
\lhert Daniel, Horatio
William, Emily, Charles Henry, Harriet Ame-
lia, Frederick Eaton, John, and )Iarie I1Ot1Ïsc.
Horatio "\Yilliam Nelson was educated in Bur.
lington, Vermont. In 1861' he began hi
busi-
ness life in Toronto, estahlishing' -a branch of
the :\Iontreal business on York street, whence
he removed to Front street west. JÆt.er the
husiness was closed out in Toronto, and 1fr.
Xp]son removed to :\Iontreal. where he remained
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for three years, during which time the Mont-
real business was burned out. He then took
over the business. removed it to Toronto, and
founded the firm of n. W. Nelson & Co. Lim-
ited. at the head of which 1\1r. Nelson remained
until his death. Since that time Sidney .Wharin
has conducted it vel',\-- successfully, Mrs. Nelson
still retaining her husband's interest.
On Feh. 11, 18ï3, in Toronto, 1\Ir. Nelson
married :l\liss Isabella Christie, who was born
at Old
iagara-On-the-Lake, daughter of the
late Alexander Ritchie Christie, a well-known
lumberman of Nïagarn. and n native of Perth,
Scotland. 1\1r. Christie married 1\lnrgaret Kil-
gour, who was born in Kent, England, of Scot.ch
pnrentage, her father being a member of Wel-
lington 's arm
'. with which he serwd nt the
battle of Waterloo. Both 1\Ir. Christie and ?lEss
Kilgour settled in Montreal prior to their mal"-
ringe, were there married, and immediatel,\-'
thereafter settled in Old Niagara-on-the-Lake,
where 1\lr. Christie pÁmtinued in the lumber busi-
ness for a numher of year<;. On aecollnt I)f
better railroad facilities. howevcr, in connf'p-
tion with the Middle West, he removed in 1860
to Toronto. where f{lr a number of years he was
a leading husiness man. In this city he died
in 1895, and his wife in 1870. Their children,
aU born at
iagara, were: Janet R., decea.<;pd;
11argaret K., who married 'Villiam K('IT, of
Toronto; Peter. deceased; Helen R.. who mnr-
ried Henry 'V. Darling, treasurer of the Gen-
,'ral Elef'tric Company. of Schenectady, New
York: and Isabella, "!\Irs. Nelson.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson had one daughter,
Helen Georgie, who married Dr. Donald 111'-
Gillinay, of Toronto. 111'. Kelson was a Pr
s-
byterian, and 1\lrs. Xelson and her daughter
adhere to the same faith. In politics he was a
Reformer'. In fratf'rn[ll pirple8 he was COnI]('('t-
('el with thf' 1lasons.
GEORGE BENNETT, whl) died in Toronto
Junction, Oct. 20, 1898, was wen known
throughout \Yestprn Ontario. III' was horn at
'l'ecums('h, Ont., Def'. 18, 18:)1. son of .William
and Isa hell a (1\Iitf'he11) Bpnnett. natives üf
"Belfast. Ir"eland.
'William "Bennett was thp founder of the fam-
il,\' in Canadn. and on coming first to the coun-
try settled at Tecnmseh, wh('re he engaged in
farming for many years, nnd when' he and
:;\1 ri'i. Bennett died.
George Bennett was educated. at Tecumsf'h,
and when eighteen years old went into the lum-
her business at Tidmouth, where he owned flUd
operated a sawmill. From there he moved his
husiness to Routh Riwr. [lnd thence to what i;;;
now ('hplm<;fore1. whirh place he founded. Hprr>
1\lr. Bennett carried on an extensive lumber
business for a number of years, and then )'e-
moved the business to Fl,>sherton, wher.> he
operated a large veneering'mill and lumber bu"i-
ness for some time. From Flesherton he went
to Toronto Junction, where he continued until
his death. For some time pr('vious to his death
1\Ir. Bennett had been engagerl in mining, hav-
ing quite extensive interests in that linp. His
death occurred while he was l'ngineering a large
land deal. which promised large dividend" hacl
he heen able to carry it through. He was an
active and progre,;;sive business man. well
known and highly esteemed.
In April. 1
!10.
Ir. Bennett and 1\Iiss Caro-
Jine Calvert Cross were unitpc1 in marriage.
Rhe was born in El1!ðand, dl1ughter of William
Henry and l\1ar
' Ann (Calvert) Cross. To .1\1r.
and 1\1rs. Bennett were born two sons, Geor!
e
Folkingham and Reginald Calvert. lVIr. Ben-
nett was a prominent member of the English
Church. In politics he was a Conservative.
'rH01IA
BRTTNSKILL, M..D., of
o. 259
'V eHesley street, Tor(,nto, comes of a family
who were among the carly settlers of the Coun-
ty of York, and i<; descewled from Englis'b
ancestry.
The first Brunskill, of whom there is any
data was John, the great-great-grandfather of
Dr. Thomas. He was born at Winston. County
Durham. Bngland. in 1690. The next in line
was Wharton. born in Bngland, in 1729, and
b
' occupation a "licensed victualler," or hotel
keeper. He never left his native land. but his
son, Robert, horn at Soul by. County \Vestmore-
land. England, in 1783, was the founder of the
family in Canada. wherc he settled in 1831. tit
Oak Ridges. County York. Hp cleared a farm
in Conce",.,ion 1. Lot
. and tllf're passed the rest
of his life. His death opcnrred in 1865. llUd his
",ifp, whose mniden name wns Tamar Hein,;pn,
l1ied in 1868. Rohert Brunskill was a mf'l1l-
her of the Church of England. To him and his
wife the following children Wf're horn. all he-
fore thf' fHmily Ipft Englallll. and of whom till
hut two dil'd in Count,\-' Y orl\:. Thf'Y were:
.Tohn, Thomas. Rohert. :\Iatthew. Wharton,
.Tamps (who died on th!' ocean). Elizabf'th.
:\ll1rgar('t. .Ann and Mary.
.Tohn Brunskill was horn in Enl!land in lRll,
and was just reaehing- manhood whcH he came
to Canada with his parents. TIe 'HIS a farmer
and miller by occupation. and his operations
werp on a large spall'. His property was situ-
atf'd at Thorne Hin. [lnd his mill. known [IS the
"Pomona 1\'Iilh
." hl1d a worll1 wio(' reputation
for the flour mad(' there. lIe was onc of the
most prominent and highly respected men of
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IORA TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
135
his section, "as a member of the Church of
England, and in his political views was a Con-
servative. In 1839, he married 1\1iss EIÜ,:abeth
Cooper, born in lIull, York!'hire, England. in
1811, daughter of Jonathan Cooper, who came
to C;mada in htn, and settled on a farm in the
County of York.
Ir. Brunskill's death wa,>
very sudden anò entirely unexpected. It oc-
curred
Iarch 1. 18ïO, when his wife, on awak-
ing', found her husband lying dead beside her.
So great was the shock that she lingered on
y
a few days, and on the following Sunda
7,
Iarch 6, 1hïO. followed him. .
The following e"\":cerpt from the Daily TeTe-
graph, of
\lardl
lld. not onl
' pays a tribute to
1\11'. Brunskill, but refl"rs to a disaster coinci-
dent with his death: "Mr. Brunskill was well
and widel
' known. II e was the proprietor t)f
the Pomona flour antI saw milk He has been
for years one of our leading operators in grain
and flour, and was a heavy loser by the bllrn-
ing of the Xorthern elevator last night. fIe
however could not have been aware of his loss
at the time of his death." The Globe of March
3rd. also bore testimony to )11'. Brunskill's 3(1-
mirable character in the following words: "Mr.
Brunskill. t11e owner of the Pomona flour mm",
who has resided at Thome Hill for over thirty-
five years. had an extensive cir{'le of friends
and ae(IUaintances. He was well liked by an
who knew him, and had also borne the repu-
tation of being most bonest and straightforward
in his dealings."
The family born to John Brunskill and his
wife wert> as follows: (1) James, born at Rich-
mond TIill. in 1MO, a commission merchant of
Toronto. died unmarried ;n 18ï4. (2"1 Dr.
Thoma
. (3) William. born in 18;)
, die.l in
1
96, the proprietor of the" Olcott Hotel." Hc
married
[iss Cathp!'il1e Dow. and had three
ehildren, Ale"\":ander. Ross and Fred. (4) "!\[;n.y
Clarkson. wife of Dr. T. C.
cholfield, died in
1896. (5) Frances married Simon Fraspr, of
the CQStoms Department in Ottawa.
Dr. Thomas Brunskill wac;; born in 1M:), and
received his early education in the Richmond
Hill grammar school (two of bis classmates
being His Honor. (,hipf ,JustiC(' Fall'onbrillge
and the Rev. Father Teefy), and at another
school in Hami1ton conducted by the Rev. .J. G.
D. McKenzie. He:1t first went into the mill-
ing business with his father, nut later his taste
for medicine asserted itself. and hI' prepared
himself for that profession. IIis first rcaòing
was done with Dr. ']'. C. :-:cbolfipld. of Bond
Hpad. and in 1868 hI' was graduated from the
Rolph
fediral Colle!:r p of Toronto. He located
at Stroud and practiced there until 1880, when
hp w('nt West to the Rocky Mountains.
nr1
spent :five years on '}. ranch in the cattle busi-
ness. His first bunch of cattle was sold
to Hon. M. H. Cochran. a pioneer in the busi-
ness in the immediate vicinity. In 188ã Dr.
Brunskill returned to Stroud, and, resuming his
practice, continued it until 1892. Then
he was in the drug business for some years,
and since 1897 has made Toronto his home. Hill
interests branch out in various lines and his
name is to be found on the rosters of the Ma-
sonic Ilodge and the A.O.U.W. In politics he is
a Reformer, and in religious belief a l\Iethodist.
Dr. Brunskill was united in marriage in 1869
to )Iiss Jane 1.\1arr, born in ;\larkham township,
daughter of Joseph and Luc:' (Crosby) :\larr.
Her father was one of the early settlers of the
to" nship, whither he had come from Penn-
sylvania in 1801. He died in ]885. aged eighty-
seven years. Mrs. Brunski'l has borne her
husband four children, namely: Persee "R., a
stock broker in Toronto; Arthur Dudley, 8.
travelling man; Morley, a butcher in Toront,,;
and Frances, wife of 1\11'. John S. McKay, of tbe
Canadian Pacific Railway Company's staff in
Winnipeg. The family rank high in tbe Pg-
teem of their acquaintances, and Dr. Brunskill
bas won considerable reputation locally in the
practice of his profession.
REV. THOMAS GOLDS:\lITH, deceased.
Broad as are the opportunities for usefulnes
offered by the ministerial car(>er, therl> are ,'ew
men in that profession who have taken 8 deeper
hold upon the hearts of their fellows, or achiev-
ed a more marked influence for good upon nIl
with whom they came in contact, than did Rev.
Thomas Goldsmith, who passed from bis labors
in this world to his Heavenly reward April 14,
19m. He was horn in Hallowell. Prince Ed.
ward County. Feb. '27, 1823, son of David
Goldsmith.
The Goldsmith family is of U. E. Loyalist
stock, and was founded in Canada by Capt.
Thomac;; Goldsmith, a British officer who cnme
to Canada from the State of Kew York, soon
a.fter the cl()se of the American Revolution. He
was giwn a grant of land in Prince Edward
County, and spent the rest of his life tbere in
retirement. His wife was ;t 1\1i<;s Conger.
David Goldsmith, son of Capt. Thomas, mar-
!'ied a Miss Johnson. who was of Irish f'xtrac-
tion.
Rev. Thomas Goldsmith bl'l-!an early to shHw
the trait-8 which made him so surcessful in the
ministry. Aft.('r receiving wbat eduration the
schools of his native rounty afforded. he ('on-
tinued to rf'ad and
tudy ny himself. llecom-
ing a proficipnt student not only in Latin and
ITphrew, but particularly in Grepk. When only
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COl\'Il\1El\IORATIVE BIO(}RAPTIICAL RECORD
nineteen he began his work as a minister and
became known as the "boy preachpr." For
some years he was connected with the :\letho-
dist denomination. and was oyer the Ne\\ Con-
nexion Church, hut later accepted the creed of
the Presbyterian Church. In 1865 he was of-
fered a position as agent for the Upper Canada
Bible Society, and remained there for five
'ears,
when he resumed th work of the ministry. Tn
1870 he became pastor of the Presbyterian
Church at Seaforth, and during his seven years
and a half there he built up a large member-
ship. From that charge he WRS caUed, in 18'77.
to St. John's Church, in Hamilton, continuing
his successful ministry there until 1889. _\.1
thRt time his heRlth began to fail, and hI' was
thenceforward unable to assume the duties of a
regular pastorate. From that time nntil his
death he resided in Toronto, retired from heavy
responsibilities, but neverthp.lfss he freqnengy
officiated in various churche;;; for short periorls
of time, and for one entire year filled the Iml.
pit of St. Paul's Church, Peterboro, and for six
months in St. Andrew's, Toronto. His last c:;er-
mon was preached in the Bloor Street Pre<;h
7-
terian Church, in August, 1900, although hI'
lived for a considerable time afterward. His
illness was a lingering one, extending i)ver
eighteen months, but he retained his keen mind
and accurate memory to the end.
In 1849 Rev. Thomas Goldf<mith was united
in marriage to Miss Jane Cosford, daughter of
Thomas and Anne (Pearson) Cosford. ITer
parents were Quakers and came from Pennsyl-
vania to County York in the pioneer days, <.;et-
tling in Whitchurch township. Thomas C08-
ford was a wealthy man, owning at one time
eleven farms, a sawmill and a blacksmith shop.
Mrs. Goldsmith had an elder sister, Mary .\nn.
who married Joseph Hartman, for many years
IJiberal member for Nc-rth York. and a younger
brother, Thomas, who died in 1903. Rev. and
\1,.0.;. l:oldsmith were the parents of four ehil-
dren, nRmp1y:
nsanna CatherÏ1w. decea<;ed;
Alfaretta and Annette, of Toronto; and Fred.
dereaserl.
Rev. Thomas Goldsmith was an eminent:y
broad-minded man, willing to apcept the truth
in whatever guise or from whatever source it
came. Being thns liberal in his attitude, hè
commanded the respect of aU who enjoyed his
acquaintance. and he was highly esteem
d
among Catholics as well as Prntesbmts. III' was
always a great reader, not only along theologi-
cal lines, hut in literature nnd sf'ience equn ny.
As minister he combined rarp eloquence in
speaking with the utmost di'yotion to the p::ti')-
toral sidp of his work, particulnrly among the
sipk in his congregation. His influence was
widely felt, nnd throughout his long life hI' was
always a power for good. He upheld the Re-
form party.
JOHN IRWIN. late of Toronto, was one of
the weJl-to-do men of the city, in which he had
been an important factor in business circles for
a number of years. He was born in 1825, at
the village of Lurganboy, near the town of
Manor Hamilton, County IJeitrim. Irpland, son
of William and Martha (Robinson) Irwin, na-
tives of t
e Emerald Isle, where the mother
died.
In 1850 John Irwin came to Canada, and
after spending some time in Quebec, during p3-rt
of which he was connected with government
matters. he located in Toronto, where he engag-
ed in the hotel busineßS for a while as the pro-
prietor of the " General Wolfe House." Mr.
Irwin also owned a fine farm near Toronto,
which he carried on for some time in connection
with his other business. For a numher of years
he fnrnished horses for the Toronto Fire De-
partment. He owned much real estate in To-
ronto, owning the huildings from No. 15 to No.
21 Grenville street (including his home at
o.
17 Grenville street). also fifteen or twt'nty
homcs on Berkeley street, the Gill house on
Y onge street, and others. Mr. Irwin had a fine
snmmer home on the Island, near Toronto, and
in connection t}wrewith a finc fruit orchard, and
there he and 'his family spent the summer
months.
From 1880 to 1890 Mr. Irwin sprverl his city
as Blderman and proved as thorough and con-
scientious in public life as he did in hllsines;;;.
From the time he began l)Usiness in Toronto
until his retirement he was very successful, ac-
cumulating by his own efforts the large fortulll'
which he enjoyed in his old age.
Ahout 1R54- !\Jr. Irwin married
1iss ,Jam'
Henry, of County Sligo, Irela.nd. There were
no childrpn born t.o this union. but they adopted
two, a boy and a girl. The girl is now Mrs.
Arthur Ardagh, of No. 18 College street, and
the boy, .J ohn A. Irwin. late of the Asspssment
Com.missioner's office, at the City Hall. now of
Bnffalo. New York. Thc SUhj0ct of this sketch
died Sept. 22, 1904: his wife died ahout fiv
months hefore. Roth are hnri{'d in the famil
'
plot in thp Npcropolis.
JOlIN RER1'RA1\I, for many years one of
Canada's leading captains of industry, and onp
who always took a depp intcr0st in puhlic
f-
fairs. died at his resirlence, No. 19 'WalnlPr
road. Toronto. Nov. 28, 1904-. Rorn in East
Lothian. Rcotland. OPt. 16, lR
7, 1\Tr. Bertram
came to Canada in ]860. and settled at Peter-
o
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CO:\IME:\IORATIVE BIOGR.\PHICAL RECORD
borough. He carried on the retail hardwar'3
business for some years, anti it was while he
was living in Peterborough that he represented
West Peterborough in the Dominion Parlia-
ment.
As president of the Collins' Inlet Lumber
CompanJ', president of th
Bertram Engine
,V orks, chairman of the Dominion Commission
on Transportation, anò (in 1897) member of
the Ontario Forestry Commission, 111'. Bertram
was widely known. From 1872 to ISiS he aat
in the House of Commons as a supporter of
Alexander :Mackenzie. In lð
8 he located in.
Toronto, continuing in the retail haròware busi-
ness and taking up the wholesale trade as well.
:Mr. Bertram was principally engaged, how-
ever, in the lumber business, with which he was
identified for a period of twenty-five
'ears, and
he was regarded as probably the best authority
on forestry in Canada. lIe practiced the prin-
ciples of reforestration on his own limits. anf\.
his knowledge of the subject proved of great
service to the Province when. in the year 1897,
he became a member of the Ontario ForestJ
v
Commission, along with the late E. W. Rath-
bun, of Deseronto j the late Alexander Kir1{-
wood, of the Crown Lands department, and Mr.
.J. ß. :\Ic"\"\ïJIiams, of Peterborough. As one
resnlt of the Commission's work some 3,000,000
or 4,000.000 acres of forest hmd, unsuitable for
a
ricuJture, have been set aside as reserves. It
was also as the result' of :Mr. Bertram's repeated
represpntations that the export duty on logs
was imposed by the Ontario government, a
change which has given such an impetus to the
lumber manufaduring industry on thp Can-
adian side of the Gre1\1 Ilakes.
fr. Bertram's active interest in the eng-ine
anù shipbuilding industry began in 1900. with
the death of
Ir. George H. Bertram. whom he
succeeded as head of the Bertram Enoine
Works Company, remaining in that positio'l
until his death. Mr. Bertram was chairman
of the Dominion Commission on Transporta-
tion, which had the work of investioatinD' mean"!
of improving' Canadian channets of tra
sporta-
tion by land and water. It was his illness which
cut short thp tour he was making of Canl'lda
during June, 1904, in company with his fellow
memberR, namely: :\fessrs. Robert Reford, MO::Jt--
real, and E. C. Fry, Quebec.
To quote the words of another: "In character
Mr. Bertram was known as a man of stron
common sensp, firmness amI positiveness )f
ideas. Great thoroughness marked all of his
operations." In religion he was a Unitarian.
Mr. Bertram marrled Miss Helen Shiells. who
survives him with seven children.
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7
DR. GEORGE BRA W :\IARTIN, manag
r
of the International Denta] .à<Ianufacturing
Company, with office at No. 20 Temperanee
street, Toronto. i.<; a member of an old and hon-
ored family long identified with Canada.
The :Martin family, which is of English ex-
traction, was founded in Cfmada by Geol'ge
:Martin, father of the Doctor, who was born Dec.
5. 1819, in the parish of Abbey IJanercost,
County of Cumberland, England, son of James
and :Margaret (Elliott) Martin, the former of
whom died in England. 'rhe latter came to
Canada and is buried at Lundy's Lane. In
184'0 George l\Iartin and his two brothers, Wi]-
liam and :Matthew, came to Canada. WllIiam
settlin
near London, Ont., Matthpw at Ni-
agara Falls, and George in the township I)f
:Mono. County Dufferin. .When George :Martin
settled in
Iono township thc country was ;;ov-
ered with dense timber, but he managed to cle:tr
a farm from the bush and maò.e his home in
that locality lmtil his dl'ath, in 1904. He m.tr-
ried .Jane Shaw, who was horn in Sligo, Ire-
land, daughter of Allen and Margaret (Brett)
Shaw, and to this union were born children as
follows: :Margaret, the wife of Wmiam 'l'ho.mn-
son. of Countv Duffcrinl: James a farm('
'
Jane, who m;rried Andrew :Mn;'phy: Mary:
who married .William Arnold; IsabeIIa, who
married Daniel Nesbitt. of
Ianltoba; Sarah,
who married Frank Cowan; Robert, a farmer
on the old homestead in Dufferin County;
Fmnces: I'Ind Dr. George Shaw :Ml'lrtin.
George Shaw Martin was born at the oLd
homestead in County Dufferin in 1867 and re-
ceived hls literary education at the Coli-inQWûOd
'.
CoJIeglate InstItute and the Oran o evllIe hicrh
school. In 1888 he entered the R
yal CoIIe;e
of Dental Surgery of Ontario, at Toronto, and
graduated therefrom in 1891 with the degrees
of L.D.R. and D.D.S., at once settling in ih!'
practice of his profession at the .J unction,
where he C'ontinued until 190i'í. At that. timp
he .was the oldest dentist in the plaC'e in point
of years of practice. Dr. Martin has always
taken a deep interest in the welfare of his p;o-
fession. having filled successively every office in
the gift of the Ontario Dental SoC'ietJ
and also
of the Toronto Dental Society. He was twi('e
honored with the presidency of the latter so"i.
ety. He was a1!m for nparlv ten vearR assoC'i.
atp eò.itor of the Dominion D('ntal i olll'lIal.
In 190!) the International Dental Manufactur-
ing Company WIIS founded, by thf' union of the
R R Chan(lIer Dental Df'pot, Limitpd. and the
Davis Dpntal
raJ1ufa('tUl'in'! Company. Lim-
ited. with Dr. W. Cecil Trotter. of Toronto.
president, and Dr. George Shaw Martin. man-
ager. The C'ompany's l]('ad offi('p is in Toront;).
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COl\lME:\IORA TIVE BIonRAPHICAL RECORD
while it has a branch office in Ruffalo, and
nUlllufactures, as the name implies, special lines
of dental goods and supplies. In assuming the
manag-enll'nt of this husiness Dr.
\Iartin retired
from the practice of his profession, transferring
his offi(.e to the city, and renting his residence
at tIll' .function, where he had for fOUl.teen
ycars heen a leadil1!!" dental surgeon.
In 1904 Dr. Martin was married to 1Iatilda
\ùmlls, daughter of Dr. J. G. Adams, a well-
known dt'ntist of Toronto, a record of whose
life will bc found elsewhere. Dr. and 1\1rs. Mar-
tin are members of the :Methodist Church. He
is a Reformer in political sentiment, and is fra.
h'rnally affiliated with the Masons, being a past
JlIl1stpr of Rtanley Lodge, A.F. & A. lVL, No.
4
6, G.R.C. '
'VILLI AM H. MOORE, on,
of the most hOll-
est. gpnial gentleman of the City of Toronto, l,nd
one of the Queen City;s oldest grocers, was born
in Count.'" l\lonaghl1n, Ireland. Rept. 12, 1825,
son of Alexander Moore, a well-known farm('r
of the county.
William II.
\1oore grew to man'hood on his
father's farm, where he learned the habits or
industry and intelZrity which have charactcrizefl
him tllroughout hif' active husiness life. ')n
Wpdnesday, July 22, 18;)2. 1\11'. Moore landed
on the wharf at Toronto, and since that time
has heen an honest resident of the Queen City.
On landing in Toronto Mr. Moore at olll
e
sought employment, and engaged with 'Valter
MacFarlanrl, with whom he reml1inC'rl finef'n
months anrl fonr rlays. Ill' then learned clock-
making, which he followf'd five years, at the end
of which time lw turnC'rl his attention to the
mercantile business. On going out of the clock
husiness Mr. Moore found his health i>omewha.t
impaired, and for the next seVf'n years he tra..-
pIled in various parts of Cl1nada. In 1863 he
embarked in the gro('ery business on Qnet>n
street west, where he remained until I\1ay 6,
1876. transferring his business at that time to
No. 54 Grange avmne, wher'
he has since heen
located. Resides his lmsineRs r.Ir. Moore is an
pxtpnsive property owner in this section of the
city.
1\1:1'. r.loore has made his own way in th,'
world. and is numhered among the well-to-do
husiness men of Toronto. He has the reputa-
tion of heing a man whose word is as good ns
his hondo and has never had trouble with I'Iny
one in a husiness way. Althoug'h past th('
pightipth milestone in life's j0urney, he has th(
full retentiou of his facultie." and with the Pl{-
ception of an occl'lsional attac.k of rheumatism
is ItS well as he has ever beeu.
Mr. and Mrs. MO'Jre are Presbyterians. Tn
politics he is couuected with the C(Jnservative
party.
JOHN FARLEY, a contractor of Toronto for
many years, who died in that city March 31,
1893. was born in County
I[ona!!,"han, Ireland,
in 1850, son of John and Margaret (Corbet)
Farley, both of whom died in Ireland.
In 1871 John Farìey, the subject of thi"
sketch, left his native couutry for the Cnitr
d
States, and. settlig in New York State, re-
mained thf're two years. Tn 1873 he located
in Toronto, where he was engaged as a sewer-
pipe contractor during his twenty years' resi-
dence in the C'ity. TIc was very well knowo,
as his business broug-ht him in contact with mu-
nicipal work, and he became acquainted with
many men prominent in public affairs. He
was a man who could be relied upon in all his
business lmdf'rtakings, and the fact that !\fL'.
Farley was given a contract was assurance that
the city would get all that was due valll
re-
ceived. as his work was of the best and accord-
ing to agreement.
111'. Farley was married in New Yúrì\: Stl'lte,
iu 1873. to :\Tiss r.laggie A. Latimer, a native ('f
II'I>land: daughter of WilJia,m :tnd Eliz1Dcth
CWillimnson) I.atimer, the former of whom
rlied in Ireland in 1882. Tn 1887 Mrs. IJati-
mer, who was born in Ireland in 1799, came to
Toronto. where she died in 1896. Mr. and Mrs.
Farley 'had four children: William George, of
'roronto; Rohert John. a veterinary surgeon of
Winuipeg; Elizabeth; aud Francis Joseph. :\11'.
Farley was a member of the Church of Englani1,
amI in politiC'al faith he was a Conservati ve.
Fraternally he was connected with the Orauge-
men. Ris late residence: where ';\/Irs. Farl
y
now lives, was erected by him in 1884, and is
situaterl at No. 43 TJo
-ther I'Ivenue.
WILLIAM 'r. MA
ON. who died Nov. 6,
1882, was a well-known and most highly es-
tcemf'd citizen of Toronto. His hirth occurred
.Tan. 5, 1824. at Ivy Rl'idge. Deyonshire, Eng-
lanrl. where Thomas Mason. his father, carrilJd
on au extensive milling husiness.
.Wi1Jiam T. Uason was ('ducatei1 in the home
Rehool and in the grammar school ::I.t
Plymouth, where his father was a local
prea('her and a leading Methodist. Tn ]842
he came to Canada, locating at Montreal
for a year. and thpn removed to Toronto, where
hI' bpcamp accountant and cashier in the well-
\mown wholesale house of Taylor & Stephen-
son, rf'maining a number of years. He then
turned his attention to thf' handling of '"Cal
estnte and the adjustment of esw.tes, many of
which were turned over to him by the court
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of chancery. This and other outside work W38
a heavy tax on
[r. Mason, and his 'health be-
gan to fail under the severe mentaL strain. He
quite recovered from the illness, however, :md
his death occuITed Nov. 6, 1882. 1\11'. l\Iason
\Va.'> one of the prominent members of the Metro-
politan Methodist Church, in which he was a
Local preacher. On coming to 'I'm'onto he a<;-
sisted greatly in church work. During his
short stay at Thol'llhill he was equally active in
religious work, and on returning to Toronto
in 1852 was one of the number appointed by
the Quarterly Board of the Richmond Street
Church to establish a Methodist cause, of which
the beginning had been formed in St. John'!;
\Yard, and this led to the Elm Street Church.
In speaking of :\11'. i\Iason, the late Hon. John
l\Iacdonald, with whom he was first acquainted
on cQIlling to Canada, said, after citing many
of :Mr. :Mason's qualities: "I cannot say muph
more. It is enough to add that among all the
good and loving and devoted brethren whom I
have ever known. it has never been my lot to
know a brother more earnest, having- mol'..
singleness of purpose. nor showing- more de-
votedness in all branches of God's work, than
\Y. T.
1ason."
On Nov. ]0, 18:)6, :Mr. :\la.,on and l\Iiss l\Iary
Lawrence were united in marriage.
[rs. 1\[a-
son is a daughter of Major Peter Lawrence, an
early settler of the County of York, who was
born in Fredericton, '\ew Brnnswick, Nov.
21. 178
. son of .John I.J8\\Tence, of English
parentage. In 1812 Peter IJawrence came to
Toronto, and engaged in the tannin!S busines;; a
few miles from the city, and he also ownpd
much property. He took a great interest in
military matters. was a major in the militia,
and participated in the war of 18]
-14. and in
the Rebellion of 1
37-38. TIe married Eliz
.
beth Cummer. born in Pennsylvania, }Jov. 20.
1793, and they had these chilrlren: l\IarQ'art't,
dCl'ea.'H'-d, who marripd .John -Wilson: .John, 'Vil-
liam. Peter and .Jacoh. <lPtPRsc<l: Elizabeth,
widow of .John 'Yalker: :Unry. M,'s. 1[<1':on;
Nancy Catherine, widow of Henry Pete,'man,
of Aurora. Ont.; and Sarah Jane, deceased, who
married Frank Novel'rp.
lVIr. and 1\1rs.
[ason had these phildrf>u:
Lieut.-Co!. Perpival L.. of the Queen's Own
Rifles, married Miss Luella 'Iitchpl1. ane} had
ëhildren, BeJ.tha L. and Ail('
n: A1frpd E., of
Vancouver, B.C.. married :Miss Clara Dack, imd
hacl one daughtpr. Edith; Arthur II.. of To-
ronto. married. Miss l\Tinnip Davirlson, and had
five C'hiJdren, Islay, Edna. ('arroll. Wi11iam Imd
Donalrl: Miss Bertha, of Toronto: .WiIliam E.,
of Rrg-ina, Bask., marriro l\Iiss Ne11ie Cock-
hurn. and has phildrpn, Harold, Ed!!ar, Helen
l.í9
and Herbert; and Thomas Harold, of Toronto.
In the death of r.Ir. Mason Toronto lost one
of her most able and highl
' respected men.
REV. WALTER MILTJAR, who laborerL long
I'\nd faithfully as a minister of the Gospel in
Count
T York, died at North Arthur, Ont.. in
un
. He was born in 18
1. in Perthshire, Scot-
land. son of Hev. .James :Mi1lar, who died in the
old countr
T.
Rpv. ,ralter
Iillar recpived his early liter-
flry training in his nati,'e country, and on
rea('hing his majorit,r came to Canl'\da, spenù-
ing four
'pars in Toronto as a gardcner. While
here he deeided to study to become a member
of the ministry of the Baptist Church, and, reo
turning to Scotland. pursued his ðtudies with
that end in view. On the completion thereof
the TIe,-. :\11'. 11ilIar Dga.Ín came to this coun-
try, and, being ord.ained, for two years enga
ed
in prea('hing the Gospel in King town!';hip. but
in 18:)7 he- settled on a farm in Arthur town-
ship, .continuing- his preaehing on Sunrlll\"s,
however. There he resided until his rlC'ath.
In 1
:)3 thp Rev. Mr. Millar was married to
.'\liss Sarah Ann Campbell, born in Brooklyn,
XY.. in 1
34. daug-htpr of Neil and :Mary (Bea-
ton) Campbell, natives of Scotland. Neil Camp-
bell located in
ew York in 1834, but two years
later removed to King township, sptt1ing on a
farm. when. he continued to re!';ide until his
death in 1841. :\[1'<;. Campbell died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Millar, in 1
78. Shl;' and
hpr husband had three children: Duncan, Mrs.
:\lillar and Flora. To the Rev. 'Walter and Mrs.
:'IIillar five ehildren were horn: J\Iary Ella. who
married David Todd. hl'\s one daughter, Eva;
.} ames. d.eceased, left two childre-n, Wal-
tpr and I.Jois: Flora, wife of William
rmh:u-h, had two children. Sara'h and 'Val-
tel': :'IIa.g-gie is the wife of Philip Umhach;
and XciI C. is a stationer lit No. 996 Qu{'en
street. Toronto. In politipal mattprs Mr. Mil.
lar was a Rpformpr.
BEX.T.\:\rIX ELMORE IT.A WKK !\I.D., of
o. 21 "'ellpsley street. Toronto. is one of tIll'
\"f>11-p<;1I1hlished physicians of that city, and one
whpse professional prpparation hl'\s heen un-
usually complpte, a flU't which. in conneption
with his agreeahle personality and close
tten-
tion to his work. account<; fully for the supcess
which he hils attained.
The Hawke family was originally of English
extraption, but migrated to the New World he-
fore the American Rpvolution and settled in
Pennsylvania. In 1811 Bpnjamin Hawkp,
grandfather of the Doctor. left the "Pnite.l
Statf's. and coming to ('anada locateò. in County
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\L RECORD
York, on Yonge street, about twenty miles from
Toronto, then called York. lIe had charge of
building the Yonge street road, through what
is now lmo\\n as lIogg's HoHow. A.bout 1B35
he moved with his family to County Waterloo,
'VeHesley to\\ nship, where he settled on a farm
and remained until his death, in 1866, at the age
of eighty-four years. HawkesviIle. in the
County of 'Vaterloo, ,'as named for thp family,
some of whom wpre its first ;;ettlers. They W'!l'e
prominent men in their localities, and in the
first council for the township of We-llesley there
were four members of the name of Hawke. Ben-
jamin Hawke married Miss :;\Iary Lount, 'm
aunt of the late .rudge 'William Lount. so '."pIl
known in Ontario. Mrs. Hawke wa.,> bol'll in
Pennsylvania and died in ,VeHesley.
'Villi am Hawke, !;On of Benjamin, was born
in County York. in the Yongc E,treet home, in
1R28. He was a farmer and stock raiser by
occnpation and became one of the prominent
men of his locality. His tleath occurred in
1889, in the Toronto General Hospital, as the
result of an operation, an event the more to be
deplored as he was but just past the very prime
of life. :\11'. Uawkè was twice married. His
first wife was Miss .Jane :\lonkman, who l,e-
longed to one of the old
amilies of County
York, and by this union there were four chil-
dren. namely: Erastus, an implement dealer;
I
avinia, wife of Pierce Petf'h: Rachel. ,,,ife of
Dayid Harrow; and Edgar, }Ielfort. Sask. By
his second marriage :\'11'. Hawke was united to
Miss Isabella Harrow, who was born in Scot-
land in 1841. daughter of ,Yilliam and Jane
Harrow. The Harrow family came to Canaùa
when :\lrs. Hawke was nine
'ears old, and 8et-
tlcrl in County WaterJoo on a farm. where her
father dierl later. To Bmjamin and Isab211a.
Hawke ten childrm were born, as fonow
:
George. of Aurora: Alhert. a physician in Galt;
Henry: Benjamin E.: Calvin: Janet, wife of
Rt'Y. A. .T. Johnston: Frank:
\gnes, re
iding
in Galt: Harvey anrl 'Val tel', also of Galt.
Dr. Bpnjamin E. Hawke was horn in "'ell
s-
lpy in 1866. His general education was receiv-
ed in the Berlin schools, after which he entered
upon thp study of medicine in Trinity Medical
CoJIege. of Toronto, from which he graduated
in 1887. As he was desirous of still furth
r
study along his chosen lines Dr. 'Hawke then
proceerled to New York City. where he entered
the
ew York Polyelinic :md Post-Graduate
Rehool, from which institntion, a year later, he
received a dpgree also. Thus equipped for his
profession. he retnrned to his native township
and hegan practi,>im! in the viII age of 'Velles-
ley. After two
vears he removM. to Stratford,
where he was located for ten yean;, and then in
1901 settled in Toronto, \\
here he quickly built
up a good practice. Dr. Hawke was married
in 1893, to :!.\1iss :Mayme Trow, daughter of th
latp Hon. .Iames Trow, of Stratforcl, who was
for twenty-five years a member of the Domin-
ion Parliament. In political faith Dr. Hawke
is a Rpformer, while fraternaIIy he belongs to
the Masons.
The Hawke family are very proud of their
flespent and carefully ehprish certain heirkoms
in their possession. Dr. Hawke's mother, who
now resides in Galt. is Yf'Q' proud. of a. chair
which Benjamin Hawke bronght with him to
Canada in 1811. while another valned article :s
the seat from the first carriage in Toronto;
this seat Mrs. Hawke ha.'> had upholstered an,l
placed in a corner of her sitting-room in Galt.
The Doctor esteems very hÜrhly a pair of old-
fashioned tongs made by Samuel Lount, a
blacksmith at Holland's Landing, and who was
hanged in Toronto in the year 1838 for par-
ticipating in the rebellion of 18
7-38. Samu
l
Lonnt Wa.'> a brother of the Doctor's grand-
mother.
RON. SIR ADA
I WILSON, in \\Those death,
in December, 1891, the Dominion of Canada
lost one of her ablest and most erudite prae-
titioners and wise and kindly justices. was of
the highest type of citizen, npright, honora 1 )le
and hlameless, alike in public and private life.
Sir Adam was horn in Edinhurgh, Scotland.
Sept. 22, 1814. His father. Andrew Wilson.
Esq., of Glasgow. had four sons and four
daughters: Henry; Andrew: Adam; George:
Jane, who married :Mr. Hay 'Vright, of Glas-
gow: Jessie, who married 1\11'. 'Vestwater, of
Glasgow; Helen, who married ::\[1'. Elkanllh
Billings, a notecl geologist of l\'1ontreal; and
Grace, who died unmarried. He came to Can-
ada in 1830 anrl for a time lived in the town-
ship of Trafalgar with an nncle. Colonel Chal-
merS. who at one time was a member of Pa.r-
liament, -and who was engaged in milling and
merchandising. Shortly after Sir Adam's com-
ing to Canada. his father's family followed. Tn
January, 1834, Sir Adam was artieled to the
law in the office of Baldwin and SuIIivan. íIp
proved a diligent student, and Wa.'> called to the
Bar at the Trinity term, in 1839. For some
months thereafter he remained at his old place
in the management of the office, and in J anu-
ary. 18-1-0, he formed a pat.tncrship with the
Hon. Robert Baldwin, a relationship that ;va,>
maintained until 1849, when l\[r. Baldwin re-
tired from practice. In 1850 Sir Adam was
appointed Queen's Counsel: in the same y
ar
he formed a partnership with Dr. JJaITatt W.
Smith, and in 18:)6 a partnership was fornwd
I
þ
.
.
CO.i\n.IE)IOR
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\PIIICAL RECORD
141
with Hon. Justice Patterson and .i\Ir. .Tames
Beaty, Q.C. Sir Adam applied himself to
counsel business only. and though client'! were
numerous he still found time to be actively in-
terested in public affairs, and was allied with
the party led by his friend and former par't-
ner, .i\Ir. Baldwin. In 1839 and lö60 he sat
as ma
'or of the city of Toronto, being the first
mayor elected by a general vote, and he may
be said to have been the first practical munici-
pal reformer Toronto ever had. lIe ellten'd
with zeal into all matters pertaining to the
city's interests, and bravely met and faced the
usual conflicts, bein
sustained by the people
at large. During his ma)'oralty term he had the
honor of receiving in 1860 His Royal Highness,
the Prince of \\T ales, now King Edward VII.
In 1860 he was elected member for the North
Riding of York in the Parliament of Old Can-
ada, representing that constituency until, in
1863, he was appointed to the Bench. During
1862 he held the office of Solicitor-Gpneral and
E
ecutive Counselor in the .John S. Macdon-
ald administration. He was appointed to the
Queen's Bench in 1868, and took his :seat in th,
latter Court. In 1878 he became Chief .J ustice
of the Common Pleas,
md in 1884 of the
Queen's Bench. and was always looked npon as
a sound and able lawyer. He was painstaking
and industrious in the study and preparation ol'
all cases entrusted to him, and while on the
Bcnch was fearless and conscientious in his cle-
cisions, and ever distinguished for his uniform
courtrsy. His dignity and self-possession newr
forsook him, and his receptive as well as alert
mind made him ever ready for the unexpectf'il
but important points that came within b.is
jurisrliction and required immediate aetion tha.t
must, nevertheless, stand the test of time. Be-
fore his resignation as Chief Justice was ae>-
cepted he was Knip-hted b
' Her )Iajesty, Que
n
Victoria, an honor. it is believed, he had formerly
once if not twice refused. His merits need no
commendation. rntiring industry, unselfish
devotion to duty and unblemished integrity wpre
the well-known characteristics of his pub1ic
life.
The "Canada Law .1 ournal" refers to the
late Sir Arlam Wilson as follows:
"We took ocrasion to refer at some length
to Sir Adam's history and puhlic career. on his
retirement from the Bench. in our issue of D
c.
1st, 1887. Since his withdrawal from his posi-
tion as Chief of the Queen's Bench Division and
President of th/' High Court of .Justice, his
well-known fip-ure has hern almost daily <;een
in Our streets. It was always fi plea<;ure to meet
him. His greetinp- was uniformly sympathetic,
and there has seldom lived among us one at
once so kindly and guileless in his disposition,
so honorable in his dealings, and with surh de-
votion to duty. His mind was undimmed anrl
I'Icti ve to the last.
., Soon after his retirement Sir Adam 'ml
Lady \Vilson spent some months abroad. \Vhen
at home, his residence was at his comfortable
homestead in Spadina Crescent. The warm
months of summer were for several years spent
at his Balm
' Beaeh Cottage, a few miles
a:;t
of the cit;y, where, in full view of Lake On-
tario. and with romantic rural surroundings,
the activp form of the Knight might be seen
dil'ecting workmen, or himself often lending a
not lID skilful hand to their labors. It was
pleasant here to meet him in the mellow after-
noon of an August day.
"Sir Adam was well read in current litera-
ture. He often gave 'his guests interesting (11'-
tails of men with whom he had been familia
,
such as his old friends thf' Baldwins. Sir Louis
Lafontaine, Sir Francis Hincks, Sir George Car-
tier, Sandficld ],[al'donald, and Sir John Mac-
donald. In looking back on his experience of
life, as a lawyer. and in the exercise of muni-
cipal, executive and judicial functions, th
re
were few of his contemporaries whom he could
not measnre accurately, but in a kindly spirit.
He shunned all ostentation and accepted the
honors of Knighthood only on the repeated 1'('-
quest of Sir .J ohn Macdonald.
".When, under Hon. R. Ba1dwin, as treasurer
of the Law Society in 1856-57, the present main
building was erected, Mr. Wilson was chair-
man of the building committee. His energ:{
there had much to do in establishing the society
on its present broad basis, and confirming Oð-
goode lIall 8S the judicial and professional cen-
ter of the Province. This result he used to refer
to with satisfaction. On his retirement from
the judicial bench, Sir Adam resumed his <;(,8t
among the henrhers, and his work on commit-
tees of conyocation, with an energy only now
expected from represenÌ<'ltives of the junior
Bal'.
"TIe tool{ a warm interest in the Homoeopathic
Hospital and the Home for Incurables, m
l
many other useful rharitics, which found in
Sir .Adam a wise and generous benefactor. He
had always a. lively interest in scientific dis-
covery and discussions, and was a member nf
the Toronto Astronomical and Physical Soci-
ety. His literary memorial will be found in the
numerous able and learned judgments in the
law reports, man
' of them being exhaustive
treatises on the subjC-<'ts under discussion.
"It may be inferred how pleasant and profit-
aNe a companion Rir Adam was to those whosa
happiness it was to mEet with him."
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('O:\DIK\TOR.\ TlYE rHO( m.\PlIICAIJ RECORD
In 18H Sir Adam Wilson married a sister of
the late Robert G. Dalton, Q.C., Emma, the
estimable daug-IIter of Thomas Dalton, editor
and proprietor of the Patriot, a Conservative
organ. and one of the first newspapers pub-
lished in Toronto. Lady Wilson dierl at her
home in Toronto, Dec. 22, 1906.
Of Sir Adam we may say that lie wore the
white flower of a blameless life. and his death
was mourned sincerely in many circles. Up-
right and honorable, he was always aetuaterl
by honest motives, a trait so well rpcognizpd
that he was as much respected for his many
virtues as he was admired for his comprehens-
iw legal learning. .Nevl'rtheless. in spite of the
prominent position he occupied for so many
years, one of his most notable characteristics was
his simplicity. his love for the humble thing", of
life. In his decisions he was governed by kind-
ness and sympathy, and his memory is cher-
isherl tenderly by all who knew him, rich or
poor, for he had the same smile and hearty
handshake for an. The sincerity of his good
will was so evident, so devoid of affectation,
that he won men to him in the pursuit of his
most ordinary duties, and retained their friend-
hip as long as he lived. He leaves behind him
a record of usefulness that might well sr'l've
those wh;' fono" him as a standard of emnìa-
tion.
ROBERT GLÄDSTONE DALTON, (
.C.,
was one of the best known legal men not only
in Toronto, but throughout the Province of
Ontario, as he was for over fifty years a dis-
tinguished member of the profession of his
choice. lIe was born at Kingston, Canada,
May 8, 1819, and bpcame a student at Upper
Canada College soon after the founding- of that
educational institution, whicll has produced so
many men of whom Canada is jm,tly proud.
After 1\11'. Dalton was caned to the har he
practised law in Toronto until 1868, when he
was appointed clerk of the Crown and Pleas
in the Court of Queen's Bench. In 1871 he was
appointed by the .John Sandfield Macdonald
government clerk in Chambers, and was au-
thorized to hear C'hamber m
tions. sllC'h as
C'ould be heard by a judge. He acted in this
capacity until the .Judicature Act was passed
in 1881, when he was made ::\Iaster in Cham-
bers with increased jurisdiction. His duties
when clerk in Chambers pertained only to
common law cases, but wlIen the .Judicature
Act came into force he took aU Chamher mo-
tions. Before he took the position of ::\1 a ster,
and when he was a praC'tising harrister. hc was
at one time in partnership with :Mr. Gilbert,
who subsequently became sheriff of Chicago.
It did not signify who was arguing before
Mr. Dalton, whether the most obnoxious bar-
rister or the most learned Q.C., he gave a most
patient hearing. but when the argument was
concluded the :Master's decision was a.s a rule
soon given. so keen was his insight and so
quick his grasp of details. lIe was a model of
juùicial fairness, and his method of heal'in
cases was instructive, and many were the
notes, mental and otherwise, which rising
scions of the law took of his rulings. So much
confidence had members of the Bar in his abil-
ity to grasp the points submitted for his con-
sideration that they often presented their cases
orally instead of in manuscript form. His
court was looked upon as a model one, particu-
larly in its dealings with municipal cases, such
as those testing the rights of mayors-elect, etc.,
to occupy their seats. His knowledge of mu-
nicipal law was extensive and many members
of the Bar elected to take their cases before him
when they might have gone before the judges.
When his decisions we,re given they were
generally accepted without dissent by both
parties to the case. and they were seldom over-
ruled by the higher courts. He was a steady
and persistent worker, and after office hours
might oftf>l) be seen wending his way home
with a bundl
of papers on which he would
spend many hours of the night in writing up
judgments. Then again, in the morning, be-
fore office hours. he might be found busy at
work in Osgoode Hall Library. His judgments
when delivered were models of brevity. a trait
which probably descended to him from his
father, 'rhomas Dalton, who established one of
the first newspapers in Toronto, the Patriot.
In political sentiment Mr. Dalton was a Con-
servative; he sympathized with the English
rnionists, and was a careful reader of the IJon-
don Times.
For some years, while Mr. Dalton occupied
the position of chief clerk of Queen's Bench,
there were associated with him Mr. John
Small and Mr. Alexander l\Iacdonell. "It wa!'J
a peculiarly pleasant office to do business with
in thosp days," remarked a weB-known mem-
ber of the Bar, "in fact. it was a veritable
happy family." The :Minister of .Justice, in a
speech to the County of York IJaw Association,
on Nov. 23rd, 1906, stated tha.t much of the
good feeling prevailing in UIP profession was
due to the late Robert G. Dalton, l\Iaster in
Chambers, who always discouraged sharp
practice.
'Ur. Dalton's grandfather was honored with
the Freedom of the city of Birmingham, Eng-
land; and the city of l\-Ianchester has preserv-
ed the memory of a connection of 1\11'. Dalton,
..
\ \
r"'>
CO
IM:K\IüRATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
John Dalton, the celebrated physicist and foun-
der of the atomic theory of ehemistry, by
a life-size statue placed in the vicinity of the
street that bears his name.
Mr. Dalton married Ophelia Harriet lIen-
nah, who was born in Cornwall. England. of
a family connected for generations with the
British Navy. Hcr grandfather. Captain Hen-
nah. commanded H.1\I.S. "
Iars" at tlw bat-
tle of Trafalgar. 1\11'. Dalton had thref' daugh-
ters and two sons: I<
lorence Emma, who took
the M.A. degree at the Universitv of Toronto
and who resided with her aunt, Lady Wilson:
nntil the latter's death. Dec. 2
, 1906; Sophia
Frances, now l\Irs. Reginald Denison;
\1Iary
Gertrude, wife. of Walter R. -:\Iorson; Robert
Wilson Gladstone; and Edward Hennah. Mr.
Dalton had four sisters: Sophia, wife of Wil-
liam Bartlett. of the Indian Department: Em-
ma, wife of the lIon. Sir Adam Wilson. presi-
dent of the High Court of Justice for Ontario;
Harriet. who died unmarried; and Mary, wife
of Daniel McMichael. LL.D., Q.C.
Robert G. Dalton was a manly man His
was a genial and sunshiny disposition.
lways
looking on the. bright side, and for many years
his pacific principles and finely developed
sense of justice won for him a high reputation
as an arbiter. He had all the gifts of percep-
tion and decision required for the jurist, and
what might have terminated in mam' a tedious
lawsuit was adjusted amicably, to' the satis-
faction of all parties concerned, by this pro-
fessional peacemaker. The world knew him
as modest and retiring. caring nothing for the
bauble of popularity, but his finer nature was
revealed to those of more intimate acquaint-
ance. A gifted conversationalist, an eloquent
pleader for many rights to man, a shining ex-
ample of a beautiful life lived in strict accord-
ance with the Golden Rule, his kindly advice
and expressions of sympathy gave to many a
struggling unfortunate an impetus to a higher
and better life. !Ill'. Dalton died at Toronto
on July 24. 1892.
JOSEPII FARR was for a number of vears
one of the energetic business men and highly
esteemed citizens of Toronto. where he died
Feb. 22, 1904. He was born in 1846, at Que-
bec, a son of Henry and Helen Farr.
Henry Farr, best known as Sergeant Farr,
came to Quebec from Ireland manv veal'S acro
His ancestors, however, were Ènglish. H
owned a large farm near Quehee. at IJake St.
Charles, where he died, after which his widow
came to live with her son, the late .Joseph Farr
who dieô at Toronto in 1896. They had chil:
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dren as follows: Joseph, John A., Sarah. Isa-
bella A. and. Henry, deceased.
The late Joseph Farr was educated in Que-
bec and entered into business with Robert
Mitchell, an e'\:tensive contractor with whom he
remained some time. He then became a trav-
elling salesman for the Queen City Oil Com-
pany, making a decided success as such and
subsequently going into business for himself,
in the same line, organizing the Farr Oil Com-
pan
T varnish business, now known as the Im-
perial Varnish Company. With this concern
1\11'. Farr continued until his death, the partner
attending to the business at the home office,
while 1\11'. Farr did the travelling for the firm.
IT e made many friends by his honorable busi-
ness representations and his many sterlin c '
traits of personality. .'"
In 1873 !\Ir. Farr was mal'lied to Isabella J.
Anderson, who was born in Scotland in 185:;
daughter of Alexanòer and Jean (McIntosh)
Anderson, the former of wh(.m came with his
family to Toronto in 1872 and now resides in
Boston, :\Iassachusetts, with a son. He h:1;;
reached a venerable age, having been burn in
1816. His wife was born in 1822, and died
n
1904. Their children were: Mrs. Farr, Mary
A., 1\1a
gie, and George.
To 1\h'. and l\Irs. Fan wpre born the follow-
ing named children: Lucy A
nes, wife of \\'il-
liam McConock, who has children-Isabel,
George, Alexander and Frank
Adelaide Emilv
Alice, wife of Frederick H. G. Pole, of T
-
ronto, who has two rhildren, Freda and How-
ard; Isabella Jane; Ellen Margaret Am
lia ;
Joseph Henry Alexander; Sarah Louisa; Georg-e
Gordon; .Joseph Frederick' Lvdia l\Iav a
ù
.Tessie, deceased. '. . ,
}Ir. and Mrs. Farr were yalued members of
the social circle to whieh they belonged, and
many outside his family and business connec-
tion were affected hy his dpath. For mmlY
years he wa
a member of thl' :Endish Churcl
,
of which he served a,> treasureJ' and warden. In
political faith he was a Conservative and fra-
ternally a Freemason and a member of the
Shrine. He belonged also to the Toronto Board
of Trade. In 1887 he built a beautiful home at
Xo. 14 Birch avenue, whieh is still the fami1v
residence. '
WILLIAM WIlARIN, a substantial bu
iness
m.an of Toronto. now situated at No. 441 Spa-
dllla avenue, enjoys thr distinction of being
the oldest jeweler of the Qnef'n City, whpl'e he
has been in continuous business since 1852.
The Wbarin family was founded in Canada
in 1830 by WiUiam Wharin, father o
om' "uh-
ject, who was born in England in 1800. Early
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IOIL\'I'IVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
in hfe he joined the military, and in tllÍs ca-
pacity came tD Canada and resided at Kingston
for some time. He npxt resided in Quebec for
a few years, and then acceptéd the position of
lockmaster on the Grenville Canal. He died
in Kingston in 1887. l\Ir. Wharin married
arah Butterworth, n native of England, '1nd
to them were born the fo]]owing ehildren:
)Ial'
-, who died unmarried; .William j Sarnh,
deceased;
\nn; Frances, deceased.
William 'Vharin was bom in 1829, in Eng-
land, and was but one
"ear old when the fam-
ily came tD Canada, in which eountry his educa-
tion was secured. He then served his time Lo
the jewellery business in Toronto, and in 113.32
embarked in his chos<:-n occupation on ChUl'ch
street, just south of King, where he remained,
until I%S. At this time he removed tD the
"Rossin House" bloek, where he continued
until 1R62, the time of the fire. The next t.wo
years were spent at the place now occupied by
Stockwell, Henderson & Co., and then he re-
moved tD No. 11 King street east. In 1869 he
went to the Old Globe buildir.g, then to Ko. 47
King street west, and in 1892 to his pres2nt
lo('ation. 1\0. 441 Spadina avenue. Probably
not half a dozen men are in business to-day in
'I','ronto who were thus engaged in 1852, and
Mr. 'Yharin is at least one of the oldest, if not
the oldest, business men in the Queen City.
In 1854 Mr. Wharin was married to 1\fary .J.
Dunn, who died in 1902, at the age of sixty-six
years. 'I'hf'ir rhildren were: Fanny: Mabel ;
'William Jarvis, an accountant in 'I'01'onto, who
married Amy Phillips and has four chiLdren-
Mary, Ellen, Philip and .Tohn; Herhert, also an
accountant, who married l\1aude Hauter, ,md
had two Sons- "\Vinston and Douglas; and Sid-
ney J., manager for Nelson &
on, Toronto,
who marrif'd Kate Semple, and has two ehildren
-Kathleen and Rohert. Mr. Wharin is a mem-
ber of the :\Iethodist Church. lIe is a Reformer
in political principle.
ADAM BEA TTY. Among the men who
have been prominent hoth in husiness and puh-
lic circles of the Queen City is the late Adam
Beatty, who was born in County Fermana
h,
Ireland, in 1810, son of Luke Beatty.
1\11'. Beatty had three brothers who came to
Canada. namely: Alexander, who died in To-
ronto. leaving three children, .Tohn and .Alex-
ander, both deceased, and a dau
hter who '1tiil
resides in 'I'01'onto; John. who lorated in To-
ronto, and later settled at Tecnmseh. where he
owned a large farm at the time of his death'
and Luke, who located in Toronto. where h
dif'ò, leaving one son, Alexandpl".
.\dam Beatty located in Toronto shortly
after the Rebellion of 1837-38. He at once em-
barked in the grain and produce business in
which he made a financial success, and then ('n-
gaged in mercantile pursuits at the corner of
Queen and Parliament streets. During his
business life, 1\11'. Beatty purchased largely of
real estate, and among his purchases in this iine
may be mentioned the whole block in which his
store was situated on Queen and Parliament
streets. This property is now {)wned by his
widow. After closing out his mercantile busi-
ness, .Mr. Beatty settled on Queen street east,
where he lived retired for about eighteen years,
looking after his invB'>tments, and in Septem-
ber, 1881, he moved to No. 147 Sherbourne
street, where on the
Oth day of the follow-
ing March, 1882, he died. Not only as a. SlIC-
cessful business man was 1\11'. Beattv well
known. but his public life brought him strongly
before the people. F'or many years he was as-
sessor of Toronto, in which <-apacity he served
his city faithfully and well,. and with credit to
his business ability. lIe also filled the office of
<-tl<lerman for many years, and in his death To-
ronto lost not only a sucee.:;sful business man,
hut a popular and efficient city cfficial. and a
genial Christian gentleman.
Before leaving Ireland, Adam Beatty was
united in marriage with Miss Mary Jane Johns-
ton, a native of the Emerald Isle, daughter of
William and Mary Armstrong JohnstDn, both
natives of Ireland. where they died. Mrs. Beatty
was the only member of the Johnston family to
locate in Toronto, where she still resides, one
of the respected and honored ladies of that city.
'1'0 Mr. and l\frs. Beatty the following chi1rlren
Wf're horn: 'Villiam married and had one dan
h-
tpr, .Josephine: _" dam Jives in Toronto: l\'Ia
'-
garet married '1'. Dockray, and became the
mother of Minnie, Adam and Herbert: .Mar-
aret; Luke marriecl and has one son, Charles;
Mary Ann resides at ?\o. 147
herbourne street,
with her mother: Christopher, deceased, mar-
ried and at his death left two childrf'n, Fred
and Ethel; Alhl'rt. deceased. marr'ipd
and at his death left one daughter. May;
Jane. the wife of J oseph
mith. has one son,
Frank: Alexander F. married and has thr"e
children. A big-ail, Ada and Alexander: awl
Elizabeth Beatrice, deceased. married Thomas
Worts.
Politica]]y Mr. Bea.tty was a pronounceò Con-
servative. In his religious views he adhered to
the teachings of the Church of En!!'land.
WALTER H. BLIGHT. of Toronto, city
agent for the Ocean Accident and Guarantee
Corporation. Limited, of London. England. is
a member of an old English family which was
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145
founded in England in the days of William
the Conqueror.
The first of the family who came to Canada.
was William Blight, father of Walter II. He
was a son of William and Mary (Selby) Blight,
both of whom spent their lives in England.
William Blight was born at St. Germans, Corn-
wan, England, and was baptized in the church
there. There he was educated and served an
apprenticeship to the hardware business. In
1835 he came to Quebec to take charge of a
hardware concern th
re. Mter coming to Que-
bec he married Kathleen Blaiklock, who was
born in London, England, in March, 1819, daugh-
ter of Captain Henry Musgrave Blaiklock. a
native of England, who was in the army for
some years, and was captain of militia during
the rebellion of 1837. Both Captain Blaiklock
and his wife died in Quebec, leaving children
as follows: George, Frederick William, Louisa,
Kathleen, Elizabeth, Edwin, and Henry 1\1. Of
these Henry 1\1. participated in the Crimean
war, and died in India. George was a contrac-
tor and built the fortifications at Ha]ifax; he
left one son, Frederick, who was accidentally
killed at Halifax. Frederick William was a
Provincial land surveyor and lived at Mon-
treal j he left children as follows: Stansfield,
an engineer for the Grand Trunk Railway Com-
pany, who, under 1\11'. Hobson, built the St.
Clair tunnel, the terra firm a link between the
Canadian and American shores; Harry, of
Montreal; William, deceased; Mary. and
Emma.
William Blight came with his family to To-
ronto in 1852 and shortly afterwards founded.
the hardware firm of Markel & Blight, locat-
ing on the northwest corner of Toronto street
and King street east. where the Quebec Bank
now stands. In 18;}ï they sold out the business
and Mr. Blight went into the insurance business
as manager of the old Phoenix Company, after-
ward the Western Insurance Company, and still
later as manager of the Lancashire Company.
He was in the latter position at the time of his
death, Nov. 2, 1891.
The following children were born to William
Blight and his wife: William, who is a retired
manufacturer at Bridgeport, Connecticut;
Mary Elizabeth, wife of John Landers, of To-
ronto; Kathleen Blaiklock, wife of William
Webb, of Toronto; W alter Henr
'; Charlotte
Louise; Henry Musgrave, with Rolph, Clark
& Co., Toronto; Phebe, wife of George 1\le-
gloughlin; Francis Thomas Morris, with the
Toronto Railroad Company; Ada Caroline, wife
of John Ross, of Toronto; and Alfred Wiman,
10
who is in the fishing tackle business at
Toronto.
Walter Henry Blight was born in 1848, at
Quebec, and was four years old when his par-
ents settled at Toronto. His education was ac-
quired mainly at the Bartlett Academy, and he
began his business life with Charles Doan, with
whom he served one year. He was then en-
gaged as a clerk in the hardware house of
.William Hewitt, on the corner of Y onge anù
Adelaide streets, where he remained for a year
and a half. He next went to Milwaukee, Wis-
consin, where he became a commercial sales-
man for a cutlery firm, with which he remaineù
until 1866. When the Fenian troubles arose
1\Ir. Blight was in the United States and he
served his own land in a meritorious manner.
In the city of Chicago he organized a body of
stalwart young men under the name of the Chi-
cago Volunteers, and with them returned to
Canada in 1866, and assisted in repressing the
Fenian raiders.
At the close of the Fenian troubles Mr. Blight
settled at Toronto and engaged with the firm
of Rice, Lewis & Sons, with whom he continued
until 1896, when he became interested in insur-
ance, accepting his present position: as city
agent of the great corporation mentioned in
the opening of this sketch. His services are
highly appreciated by his employers and he
has the merited reputation of being an able'"
business man and honorable gentleman.
In 1876 Mr. Blight was married to Miss Eli.
zabeth Lorondsrough, who was born at Toron-
to, daughter of William Lorondsrough, former-
ly a boot and shoe merchant here, who died in
1875. Mrs. Blight died in 1889, the mother of
one son and three daughters, the latter being:
Edith, wife of Arthur Hawkins; Ida Kathleen;
and Retta. The only son went out with the
first contingent to South Africa and died there
April 15, 1900, of fever, and his remains were
laid away in the cemetery at Bloomfontein.
This was a sad blow to his family.
1\11'. Blight is a member of St. Paul's Metho-
dist Church, as was the late Mrs. Blight. In
politics he is a Reformer. In Masonic circles
he is a past master of Rehoboam Lodge; past
first principal of St. Andrew's and St. John's
Chapter, Royal Arch l\lasons; past preceptor,
Geoffrey St. Aldemar; and is a thirty-second-
degree Scottish Rite Mason. He is also an Odd-
fellow, an Orangeman, and a member of the
Sons of England, and has passed through all
the chairs of th
se different bodies. Mr. Blight
is a past president of the Veterans' '66 Associa-
tion, a leading aim of which is opposition to
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the use of the British and Canadian flags for
business purposes. In 1906 lVIr. Blight sent the
following notice to every editor in the Domin-
ion of Canada:
Toronto, Feb. 17. 1906.
To the Editor:
Sir,-Believing that the press will be thp l!1ost ef-
fective means of accomplishing what our Association
aims at, I desire to direct your attention to the fo]-
lowing resolution passed at thp recent annual meeting
of the Vetprans of 1866 Association:
The flag of our country being the emblem of Bri-
tain's might and glory, it ought, whenever anù wher-
ever displayed, to evoke feelings of patriotic pride
in every British subject, but this Association views
with regret the prevalent and increasing custom of
making it the medium of calling attention to auction
sales and otherwise using it for advertising purposes,
demeaning the flag and taking from it the respcct with
which it ought to be vieweù.
Resolved, therefore, that the president appoint a
committee to act with kindred associations or other-
wise, in endeavoring to secure a discontinuance of the
practice of using the British or Canadian flags for
sucb purposes.
If you sympathize with our object. will you, through
your paper, urge the discontinuance of this practice
now thoughtlessly indulged in' If the press generally
would take the matter up we would soon have such a
public sentiment of respect for the flag that it would
no longer be put to the indignity of calling attention
to the sale of some poor man's furniture or his cow.
There is no doubt that this matter will be
speedil
' corrected and 1\11'. Blight's most rea-
sonable position sustained.
JOHN KERR was born III Glasgow. Scot-
land, in 1820, and was a descendant of the
Kerrs, well-known on the Scottish Border. His
father. William Kerr, a Scotch merchant, came
to Canada in 183;) with his wife. one son (the
subject of this sketch) and two daughters. and
took up his residence at Hunting-don. near
Montreal, where many of his old eonntry
friends had bought farms. John Kerr was
only fifteen years old when he came to Canada.
He was educated at the Glasgow high school
where he carried away several prizes. Two
years after his coming to Canada the Rpùellion
of 1837 broke out. and the boy of seventeen
joined the volunteers in defence of his newly
adopted country and remained under arms till
the close of the. war. A year or two later he
entered the employment of a large luml!pr firm
in Three Rivers, as accountant, and saw much
of life in the unexplored forest. In 18GO he
came to Toronto, where he began business as
an accountant and assignee, first in the firm of
Kerr & Anderson, and then in Kerr & .Jen.
kins. :\11'. Kerr was a Reformer in politics.
and a devout member of the Presbyterian
Church. He was a trustee and elder of Knox
Church for many years. For several years
before his death he was an invalid. He died in
1893, greatly beloved by all who knew him and
universally respected as a man of honor and
integrity. His widow, formerly Miss Elizabeth
Anderson. of Three Rivers, survived him until
1904.
JOSEPH R. LEE, uf 409 King street east.
bears the distinction of being the oldest drug-
gist in Toronto. Mr. Lee is a native of the
Queen City, and a son of one of her pioneers-
the late Samuel Lee.
Samuel Lee was born Dec. 2:5, 1795, at En-
lliscorthy, County \Vexford. and receind his
education at Dublin. lIe entered the East In-
dia Company's artillery service, and in 1813
sailed for Madras, where his battery, Xo. 3.
was in active service six years, during which
period Mr. Lee visited the greater portion of
the Indian Penimmla. :\11'. I
ee occupied the
chair of worshipful master of Lodge "Cour-
age with Humanity," while stationed at. Dum
Dum, being associated with the A.F. & A.M.,
and was also a companion of the Honorable
and Ancient. Order of Red Cross Knights. :\11'.
Lee's son, Philip Taylor Lee, a prominent 1\la-
son of Toronto, is in possession of certificat.es
received from the aboye lodges by his father,
bearing the date of 182ï. After leayiug' :\lad-
ras. Samuel l..ee returned to England. and
thence to Canada. arriving in 1833. at :New
York. in company with his sisters.
Samuel Lee was married in 183:5 to Jane
Alicia Taylor. born at Carlow, Ireland. daugh-
ter of William Taylor. She came in 1831 with
her brother .Joseph to Toronto. Hw latter of
whom went to New York. .After marriage,
:\-11'. and 11rs. Samuel Lee seUled at what is
now Nos. 163-165 (
ueen street west. the pro-
perty now owned hy Philip Taylor Lee, in To-
ronto. After settling in Toronto. Samuel Lee
was for thirty years the manager for .John
Richey, the builder, and under his direction
many of tlw principal huildings of Toronto
were preeted, amon/Z which may be mentioned
the 'l'rinity Co]]e/Ze. the Corn Exchange. St.
George '8 Church. IIoly Trinity Church. the
original rpper Canada Co]]ege, the Provincial
Lunatic
\s.vlum and many others. :\11'. Lee's
death occurred ,Jan. 18. 1RR2. while his wife
passed away in 1R72. For many years prior to
his death 1'11'. Lee \\'as secretary and treasurer
of thf> "Leader." In lSß7 he joined the volun-
tee.rs under Colonel l\IcI,ean to defend Toron-
to against the irregulars under \Villiam Lyon
Mackenzie. 1\[1'. and Mrs. Lee wel'e the pnrents
of six children: Philip Ta
T]or; .Joseph R; :\Irs.
E. C. Pomeroy: and WÏ]]iam. Samuel and .John.
deceaspd.
.Joseph R. Lee was burn in Toronto in lR45.
and received his lit
rary education at the Fp-
per Canada Co]]ege. TIl' sen-ed his apprentice-
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1-17
ship to tlw drug business with Dr. Howsun. anù
April 26. 1868. he embarked in that business
at No. -109 King street east. where for more
than a third of a century he has been actively
engaged. In 187
.Mr. Lee opened a drug busi-
ness at Xo.
J6 Queen street east. which he has
also conducted ever since.
Ir. Lee's whole
time and attention has been given to his busi-
ness, in whieh he has l)pen eminentl
. success-
ful.
In 1.--;/) )11'. Lpp malTipd )Iiss :\Iarthê\ .Tê\ne
Ritche.\". horn in ISH. dê\u
htt'1' of William
Ritchey. and granddaughter of .John Ritehe.".
)[rs. Lee died in lK90. leaving the following-
children: )h's. IT. W. Beatt,\": "'iIliam II.. a
druggist at the corner of Church and 'Welles-
ley streets;
[rs. R. .J. {'hristie: Joseph S.. a
rancher of the Xorth- West; anù Lillian Duf-
ferin. at home.
Ir. Lee is a communicant of
the Church of England. His political princi-
ples coincide with the policies of the Cunserva-
tive party. He has long been a member of tlw
Toronto Board of Trade.
EDW ARD TIIO)[AS CARTER. \\"ho was
for over forty years one of Toronto's well-
known business men. continued his active busi-
ness career up to the very time of his death.
which sad event oecurred
f arch 2. 190-1.
.James Carter. father of Edward '1'.. was born
in England. IUld the greater part of his life
was spent in Beamsville. Ont., where he was
engaged in the harness business for many
years. His wife's maiden name was Susannah
O'Connor. and she was horn in Ireland. Both
were members of the Chnreh of England.
James Carter died in 189-1.
Edward T. Carter was born at Berlin. Ont.,
Sept. 3, 1847. hut passed his boyhood at Beams-
ville. At the age of eighteen he left school
and coming to Toronto took a position with the
late .J ohn Hallam. a dealer in hides and wooL
Later. and on the death of Mr. Hallam, :\11'.
Carter bought out the business and formed a
partnt'rship with his two sons. IIenr,\" .J ames
and F./lward 'Wright. The latter died shortly
after, and another son. \Vi1\iam E. fl.. took his
place in the business which the two brothers.
since their father's death. have been eonduct-
ing for themselves.
1\11'. ('arter married
\Iiss Louisa ('arr Hall.
their nuptials occurring on
ept. 26. 1872. l\Trs.
Carter was horn in Cleveland, Ohio. in 18-18.
daughter of Dr. .John and Alice (Wrig-ht) Hall.
Dr. Hall was an En
lishman. born in Lincoln-
shire. England, and was educated in his native
land and in the Pnited States. fIt' eame to To-
ronto when a YOlmg man, and became one of
the well-known physicians and surgeons of
that eit.'" \\'here his son, Dr. .John B. HalL nO\
holds an even more prominent position ;n the
medical fraternity. Dr. John Hall died in
189-1, and his wife in 1896. To the union of
Edward T. Carter and his wife children were
born as follows: lIenry James; "
iIliam E. II.;
Edward Wright. deceased; J. Beatrice. wife of
E. S. Wellington. of Toronto: and A. L. :Made-
line. In religious faith
Ir. Carter was a mem-
ber of the Chur('h of England. His close atten-
tion to busine:.s left him little time for active
participation in political affairs. but he always
supportl'd the Reform party. For a number of
years prior to his death he had bren a
Iason.
During the long period when he was a figure
in the city's business life. :\11'. Carter had for
some time a seat on the Torunto Board of
Trade. He was a man of much real ability.
eommanded general esteem for his upright
methor]i'>. and made many friends by his man,)
admirahle traits of charadeI'.
DR. XEf
SOX ". SRIGLEY. who died at
Schomberg, Ont.. in 18í7. was a member of a
pioneer family of County Y urk. He was born
in Xewmarket in 18:3:
. i'>on of .Jesse and Phoebe
(W ray) Srigley, both nativei'> of County York.
where J esse
rigler was a farmer in King
towni'>hip for many years. lIe and his wife dieù
there. They had children as follows: James.
Enoch. Robert. Richard, Caroline. Amelia, Nel-
son Y.. Sarah Ann and Arletta. In religious
faith
Ir. and Mrs. Srigley were Quakers.
Dr. Srigley received his early education in
the schools of his localit,\". and began to read
medicine at Xewmarket. III' then entered the
Toronto srhool of l\Iedicine. where he complet-
ed his medical course. after which he entered
Bellevue Hospital. Xew York Cit,)'. from which
he was also graduated. Dr. Srigler at this
time enlisted in the American army. with which
he served as surgeon for some time. anù on
returning to Canada settled at "
ingham. where
he remained four and a half years. At the end
of that period he ei'>tablisherl himself at ScllOm-
bcrg. continuing to praetisp there until his
death.
Dr. Srigley married :\[iss .Margaret Jane
Beatty. daughter of Andrew and Margaret
(Verner) neatty. natives of Ireland, who, on
coming to Canada settled for five years in
Iontreal, and then came to Toronto. where the
remainder of their lives was spent. To Dr.
and
'[rs. Srigley were born the following nam-
ed children: .John W. a druggist with the T.
Eaton Company. married 11rs. Violet (Kaake)
Srigley; ('aroline (deceased) married .r. J.
Henderson. by whom she had one daughter,
Blanche. and one son. "'ilfred: and Henrietta
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(deceased) married C. B. Edwards, and left
three children, 'Villie, Harvey and Lillian. Dr.
Sriglcy was a Methodist. In politics his sym-
pathies were with the Conservative party, and
fraternally he was connected with the Orange-
men.
JOlIN STEW ART, a retired business man
now living at No. 179 Sherbourne street, Toron-
to, is a native of that city, where he was bor:::J.
in 1829, son of Robert Stewart.
The first of the family to come to Canada
was John, who left Perthshire, Scotland, to
settle in County Halton. Canada, about 1820.
There he and his wife, who was before mar-
riage a Miss Lamont, both died. Their chil-
dren were: Alexander, a builder in Toronto,
who has two children living, a daughter and a
son, William, of Hamilton; Robert; Duncan,
deceased, a farmer of County Halton ; John,
who was also a farmer there, but is now de-
ceased; Mary, who married Dr. Russell, and
lived to be ninety years old; Eli
abeth, who
married a 1\11'. Stewart, of County Halton. anù
has one. son, Robert. of Guelph.
Robert Stewart was born in Perthshire in
1799 and died Dec. 21, 1883. When the family
came to America Robert remained but a short
time in County Halton, and then went to To-
ronto where he followed contracting and build-
ing all of his life. He married Miss Elizabeth
Purkiss, born in England, daughter of John
Purkiss, who was for many years a ship build-
er in Toronto. 1\1rs. Stewart died in Toronto
the mother of four children, namely : John;
Elizabeth, Mrs. Jolm Duncan; and Jane and
Margaret, of Toronto. The family were Pres-
byterians, and in politics Robert Stewart was a
Reformer.
John Stewart was educated in the city of
his birth, but on reaching maturity went to
Milton, and pstablished himself there in a gen-
eral mercantile business. continuing for a num-
ber of years, when he returned to Toronto to
take charge of the estate of his father, and
has resided there ever since.
Mr. Stewart was married in 1854 to Miss
Christina Duncan, who was born in Glasgow
in 1828. To this union two sons have been
born, Robert, in business in Hamilton, married
Miss Jennie Young of that city, and has four
children, Roy, William, Leslie, and Jessie. Wil-
liam is the manager of the Adams Company, of
Toronto, and is unmarried. John Stewart has
adhere,d to the faith of his fathers, the Presby-
terian, and in political matters is a Reformer.
Mrs. Stewart is a daughter of John Duncan,
who was born in Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 6,
1805, came to Canada at the age of thirty-seven
years, and very soon thereafter settled at
Thornhill. The Northern Railroad Company
gave him the position of station agent there,
in 1852, and he filled the position until he re-
tired. On that occasion Mr. Dtmcan was pre-
sented a lifù pass, engraved on ivory ana
hound in gold. Before leaving Scotland Mr.
Duncan had married l\Iiss Charlotte 1\1cDou-
gal, of Glasgow, daughter of John McDougal.
The latter came to Canada the same year as
his daughter and son-in-law, but soon returned
to Scotland and there died. Mrs. Duncan died
in Thornhill. She was the mother of eight chil-
dren: Christina, Mrs. Stewart; Charlotte, de-
ceased; John. of Toronto; Miss Ellison, of
Thornhill; Helen, Mrs. T. Davis, of London;
Isabella, the widow of John P. Sheers; Wil-
liam, deceased; and Miss Elizabeth.
JOSEPH HI
D, contractor and builder of
East Toronto, was born in King township,
County York, Aug. 14. 1848, son of 'l'homas
and l\Iary (Watson) Hind.
Thomas Hind and his wife were born in
England and crossed to Canada on the same
vessel, when they were aged twelve and seven
ye.ars, respectively, but their acquaintance real-
ly began after reaching Canada. After their
marriage they settled in King township, on a
farm. In 1851 they moved to a farm in 'Val-
pole township, County Haldimand, near J ar-
vis. and there they both died. They were de-
vout members of the Methodist Church. Of
their family, eleven children lived to maturity,
namely: James, a contractor, who died in De-
troit; Elizabeth, Mrs. C. 1\1arr, of Walpole;
:Margaret; Mary, Mrs. Harris, of Hagersville;
John, a lumber merchant, of Mooseman, N.W.
T., who is married and has one son; Thomas,
a contractor and builder, of Atlanta, Georgia,
who has a wife and family; William, a teacher
in Hamilton. with a wife and family; Watson,
who lives with his wife and son on a farm in
ITag-ersville. Ont.; Joseph; Edward, who died
unmarri
d at the homestead in County Haldi-
mand; and Christian, a farmer in the County
of Haldimand, who died leaving a family.
Joseph IIind remained in the County of Hal-
dimand until 1863. For a year thereafter he
worked on a farm, and then went to Wallace-
town and engaged with his brother, Thomas,
who was a plow manufacturer, for three years.
Again resuming farming, he continued that
until his marriage, after that event buying a
pump factory in Jarvis, which he operated for
six months. when fire destroyed the plant.
After following teaming for six years, Mr. Hind
began to learn carpentering with William
.:\Iontgomery, of Jarvis. This occupation he
COl\IMEì\IORATIYE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
has followed up to the present time, doing con-
tracting and building for three years in Hag-
ersville, Ont., before coming to East Toronto
in 1887. In 1898 he went to l\looseman, X.W.
T., and remained there three years engaged in
contracting and building, returning to East
Toronto at the end of that time. Mr. Hind has
also done considerable investing in real estate.
After purchasing land he has built houses on
it for sale, and has been very successful in all
his enterprises of this kind. He has also erect-
ed a fine brick house, for his OW11 occupancy
on 1lain Street.
In his earlier life :!\lr. Hind was a strong Re-
former, but of late years he has joined the
ranks of the independent voters, thinking that
course the best means for securing the best
welfare of the town. He has always been act-
ive in public affairs. and was elected by accla-
mation to the first council of East Toronto
town. His son Edmund succeeded him shortly,
but in 1905 he was again elected to that body.
Previous to his western trip he was road com-
missioner for eight years. In 1906 he ran as
an independent candidate for mayor, but was
defeated by Mr. Richardson.
On Feb. 28. 1873, Mr. Hind married Miss
1\larv Brock, who was born in Ireland in 1844,
daughter of John and Catherine Brock. On
first coming to Canada the Brock familÿ set-
tled in Scarborough township, County York,
but later moved to the County of Haldimand,
where Mrs. Hind grew to womanhood. Of the
nine children born to Joseph and Mary Hind.
only six are living, namely: (1) Emalina died
at the age of three months. (2) William H.,
born in Jarvis. who married Miss Nettie Kess,
of Barrie, is a conductor on the Canadian Pa-
cific Railway. (3) Edmund. born in County
Haldimand, married Miss Etta May, of East
Toronto, and has one son, Arthur W.; he is a
lumber merchant in Tonawanda, New York.
(4) Edwin. Twin brother to Edmund, married
Miss Lois l\Iorden. of l\Iooseman. and has one
daughter, 1\1ary J.; he is a contractor and
builder of the North-West Territory. (5) Mag-
gie 1\1. and (6) Kellie B., twins, died at the
age of fifteen months. (7) Lillie E., (8) Car-
rie L. and (9) Alice :!\l. are at home, the lat-
ter being a stenographer in Toronto. Mrs.
Hind and her children are members of the
Methodist Church. while her husband is a lo-
yal supporter of the church work. though not a
member. He is prominent in the East Toronto
Lodge, A.O.CW., and has served as its repre-
sentative in the Grand Lodge three or four
times. 1\1r. Hind is a man of many fine traits
of character, and is a citizen whose value has
been thoroughly proved.
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RICHARD WICKENS, now living retired
at No. 450 Sherbourne street, Toronto, is of
English extraction, and belongs to a family
founded in Canada by his father, Joel Wickens,
who was born in Berkshire. England. in 178-1.
1\1r. 'Vickens was born in England Aug. 13,
1826, and was ten years old when he came to
Canada with his parents. He received his edu-
cation in Quebec, and then went into business
with his brother-in-law, 1\Ir. Helherington. at
Quebec, remaining with him eight years. He
then went to another business house, with
which he continued until l\Iay, 1854, when he
located in Toronto, and entered the employ
of the British American Association Compan
',
After nineteen
'ears with that concern he was
made general agent for the CommerC'ial Union
Assurance Company, a position he held for
nearlx twenty-seven years, when he retired from
active business. III' purchased his residence.
at Xo. 450 Sherbourne street, in 1877. When
he came to Toronto Sherbourne street was a
wilderness.
ROBERT BLOKG, who is now living retired
from active cares except what is involved in
looking after his investments, is one of the suc-
cessful business men of Toronto, and a member
of an old family of the County of York. On-
tario.
The Blong family was founded in Canada by
the father of Robert Blong, Henry Blong. who
was born in lR05 in Ireland. of French Hugue.
not ancestry. He malTied Aldred Easton, who
was born in 1819 in Ireland. and died in To-
ronto in 1902. In 1843 Henry Blong came to
Toronto and engaged in the butchering busi-
ness at the old market, where he continued un-
til his death, which occurred in 1861.
He ,vas one of the well-known men of
Toronto and the surrounding country and
was ver
' successful as a business man. He
and his wife were members of the Church of
England. In political sentiment he was a Con-
servative. He and his wife had the following
children: Henry, deceased, who was in the
butchering business in Toronto for some time;
Richard, who was also in the butchering busi-
ness until his death; Catherine, deceased. who
was the wife of John Craig: Maria. of Toronto j
Sarah. the wife of Peter McDonald, of Rose-
dale; Edward. whose sketch appears elsewhere;
George, deceased; Robert j and J onat.han, a
well-to-do business man of Port Perry, who
was at one time in the meat business in Toronto
and is now looking after his investments. The
last named has a family of three children, I
il-
lie, Henry and Robert.
Robert Blong was born in Toronto in :&lay,
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1859. and on reaching manhood went into the
hutehering business in his native city, continu-
ing to follow that line until the year 1890, when
he retired from active participation in business
affairs. Like his father. he met with substan-
tial success in his commercial pursuits, and wa
an honorable dealer throughout his career. He
is a member of the Church of England. and in
political opinion he is a Conservative.
1ARTIX .T. Ron.\RT is one of the fe\\" resi-
dents of York Count
.. whose family is of old
Dutch stock. but whose ancestors. who origin-
allv came from Holland. were at first establish-
ed' in Xew York CiÌ\T. and then in time one
branch mOYed to Canada. and founded the
family, which, for much more than a centur
-
has heen idpntified with thl' sterling IZrowth
and prugress of York County.
)lartin Bogart. grandfather of )1artin J..
was born in the Stab> of Xew Jersey, just op-
posite Xew York City. \Yhen the family mov-
ed to Canada they lo{'ated in :\'I'wmarket for
some years, and then settled permanently in
King township. There )1artin Bogart and his
wife died. the fOl'1l1l'l' in 18;)4. Their tlm>e chil-
dren were: ('omaehy. who married Peter Lock-
har(1. and died at their home on ('oncession 6,
King township. leaving- a large family; Peter.
who died when a young' man; and .Martin.
)lartin Bogart (2) was born in Xewmarket
in 180:3. His wife was also of American par-
entage. her family having ('ome from Bucks
county. Pennsylvania. ::\1rs. Bogart. ,,'hose
maiden name was Elizabeth ". alton. was the
daughter of Jesse'
\lld Hannah \Valton. (
uak-
er1>. and W
JS born in lS00, after the famil.\T ha.l
come to Canada and settled in "Kew Brunswick.
In 18
6 thcy mond to York County. and m
Hle
their home near Newmarket. on Y onge street.
There tlw daughter was mllrried two years hlter
to 1\1artin Bugart. and the yuung couple began
life together on the farm on Concession 5. Lot
. whieh "'as to }w their lifelong home. 'I'h!'
brick house now owned by )[artin .f. Bogart.
was built by his father. and there both par-
ents died. he in 18ïï. and she in 186:30 They
were chm'eh me-mbeJ's of the Christian dl'-
nomination. and vel'.'T active workers in their
church. Five sons and a daughter were horn
to them, as follows. )[artin: Ferdinand. a fat.-
mer in King township. .who died in
I'ptember,
IBO;). leaving a family: Peter, who for some
years was a farn1l'r in King township. but later
moved to Toronto. and there died in 189;). leav-
ing a famil
T: George; Elias. who moved to tlw
State of Kansas and there died: and Man
\..
wife of Richard Rowell of York rOlwÌ\' . both
of whom are now decea
ed. leaving child
en.
Martin J. Bogart, only surviving member of
the father's family, was born on the homestead
:-:\ept. 3, 1829. As a boy he went to school in
King township. and later continued his studies
in the Kewmarket high school. He fitted him-
self to be a teacher, and for four years was an
instructor in the public schools. After his
marriage he devoted his attention entirelv to
farming, and after some ten years on an
ther
farm in Concession 4, he purchase,d his father's
homestead from a brother who then owned it,
and has ever since made his home there. The
place includes 100 acres of land. in a good state
of cultivation, and is one of the valuable farms
of the locality. ::\11'. Bogart has now given up
active work on his property, and is passing his
later veal'S in well earned ease. Ill' has alwav"!
been 'very fond of travel, and earlier in life
journeyed quite extensively over a large part
of the United States and also throngh New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia; while in the sum-
mer of 1860, before his marriage, he made a
trip to Scotland, Ireland. England, and other
European countries.
::\11'. Bogart chose for his companion through
life :l\Iiss
lary Lemon. who was born in King
township in 1829. daughter of Jacob and Cath-
erine Lemoll, of one of the old York County
families. They were married in IH60, and spent
more than forty years of happy wedded life.
)[rs. Bogart passed from this world Feb. 21.
l!IO;). leaving the record of a most usefnl life.
and the example of a beautiful Christian char-
a.cter. She bore her husband five children.
name.ly: ('aroline, born in 1862, wife of Dr. 'V.
f:. Dodds, of Canandaigua, New York, and
mother of Olle son. Granb,\'; Harlan. horn in
1866. who received a high school education, is
a railroad man. ]ocatell near Parry Sound. and
has one fo.un. Grant: Dr. Edgar A.. a veterinary
surgeon at Seattle. \Vashington. is unmarried;
('atherine E., born in 1870. is tl1e wife of Dr.
.James E. Duncan, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
and mother of one son. .James E.; and Hiram,
horn in 1874. unmarried. is a guld miner in
,\laska.
From an eady age I'llI'. Bugart has been an
enthusiastic and untiring church worker. He
iiI'st became a eonununicallt of the ('hristia11
Church in lS-1ï. and during all these ensuing
'ears has bN>n one of its most valuable mem-
hers. Be,sides serving as treasurer. 1\[1'. Bogart
has for thirt,\'-two yrars tilled the office of sup-
erintendent of the Sunday-school and on several
occasions the people of the church have ex-
pressed their appreciation of his lung s"1'vi('e
b.'T presenting him with handsome gifts, a Bible,
a lamp. and t\VO be.autiful upholstered chairs.
1[1'. Bogart has chosen to do his work for the
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151
public good along these lines of effort and has
confined himself to them, instead of engaging
also in political affairs, although he is a staunch
Liberal in llÏs views and always supports that
partr.
ALBERT Dt:mL\
T 'S AT:::;O
. :M.D., of
;\u. 10 Euclid avenue. Toronto, is a well-known
and successful physician. He is a Canadian,
the family having been residents of Ontario
since the year 1819. Dr. 'Watson is the only
surviving son of William Y oule 'Watson, and
was born in Peel County, Jan. 8, 1859.
The family was founded in Canada ùy "\Vil-
liam Watson, the Doctor's grandfather, who
was born in Lincoln, England. in 1786, married
in 1812 Miss Y oule, and in 1819 brought his
wife and family to this country and settled in
what was then a part of York County, but since
known as the township of Toronto Gore, a part
of Peel County. On arrival in Toronto )Irs.
'Vatson died, and was buried in the gra veyard
of S1. James' Cathedral. l\Ir. Watson after-
wards married :\Iiss Elizabeth Gale, and was
engaged in agriculture until his death, in the
year 1857. Two sons. Henry, who died early.
and 'William Youle-were burn of the first
union. Four children were horn by the second
wife: John. deceased; Jesse. now rf'sident in
Brmllpton. Ont.: Hannah. wiff' of the late Wil-
liam Herald. deceased; and James. deceased.
William Y ouk 'V at
on, father of the DoC'tor,
was born in England in .\..D. 1815, and was
four years of age when bron
ht to Canada. He
adopted the shoe trade as a calling. ,Vhen the
rebellion broke out. in 1887.
Ir. 'Vatson en-
listed and served under his country's flag. In
politics he was a Reformer, in religiun a :\Ietho-
dist. hut in every way was more or less inde-
pe,mIent in thought and action. His entire life
on this C'ontinent \\"<lS spent in Peel County.
where his death took place at Dixie in .A.D.
18!18.
!\II'. 'Vatson married. in 1
36. l\Ian Ann Al-
dred. who was born in England in A.D. 1818,
Hnd died at Toronto in A.D. 1905. Their eight
('hildren are: Ezekiel. deceased; Henn', deceas-
ed: Elizabeth, wife of .fohn Sandf'rson
of Shan-
ty Bay, Ont.; .Jesse. deceased: :\Il1rv Lovina
wife of H. H. Shaver. poliee magis'tratp ami
Division Court clerk at Couksville; Eliza R.,
wiff' of l\Iiles Vokes, hardware merchant, To-
ronto; Albert Durrant; and Adelaide Y oule,
wife of R. H. Graham (alderman), Toronto.
The maternal grandparents of Dr. Watson
werp James Aldl'pd and his wife, i\Iary Ann
Durrant. James Aldred was born in Suffolk
England. in A.D., lï73. Early last C'entury h
enlisted in 'Veil ington's cavalry and seneel
both in Spain and at 'Vaterloo. Coming to
Canada in 1836, he settled in York County but
afterwards moved witb his wife to Port Elgin,
where a small monument may still be seen to
mark the last resting-place of these pioneers.
Their family were: Eliza, deceased, wife 01'
Captain Cheyne; JHmes, deceased; Mary AnY
de,ceased 190.3; Capt. William, of Windsor;
Samuel of Pueblo, Colorado; Frances H., wife
of John Ribey, of Korth Bruce; and John. of
ova Scotia.
Dr. Albert D. 'Yatson received his early edu-
cation in the public schools of Peel ('ounty,
and afterwards in Toronto Xormal school. He
tanght for a short time at :!'ITalton and OakvilIe
and in 1879 entered the medical department of
Toronto University. After receiving his de-
gree, he made a prolonged visit to Great Bri-
tain and the continent. where he attended the
hospitals of Edinburgh, London and Paris.
Returning to Toronto in
\..D. 1884, he estab-
lished himself in that city. He Î'S a member of
the medical staff of the 'Vestern Hospital and
is eonnected with the British and other l\fedieal
Associations.
Dr. Watson possesses literary abilities of a
!:i;..rh order, having been a wide reader, especial-
l
' along the line of psychology and ethics. He
has made substantial contributions to Canadian
literatnre. One very original and ingenious
paper, entitled "The Reformation and Simpli-
fication of the Calendar," was read in 1896 be-
fore the Royal Astronomical Society of Toronto,
of which Dr. ,'Tatson is a member. It was re-
ceiyed very favorably by the society and pnb-
lished in full in their transactions. He is the
author of three books entitled" ::5overeignty of
Ideals." "Sovereignty of Character," and
.. Sovereignty of Service." Besides these books
Dr. 'Yatson has published articles in the medi-
cal and other magazines. and written poems.
few of which, however, have been published.
In Septembe.r, 1885, Dr. 'Vatson married l\Iiss
Sarah G. Clare, daughter of Samuel Clare, of
Toronto, who was for eighteen years writin LP
master in the Normal and model'schools ther:'
:Mrs. Watson was born in Rheffield, Ont., in
1861. Their family consists of five children:
William V.; Harry Waldo: l\Iyrtle E.; E. Clare
(twins); and Edna Enlalie. Botl1 parents are
members of Euclid Avenue l\Iethodist (,hurch.
and are prominent figures in the work of that
church and of the denomination at large. Dr.
'Vatson has lwen a member of the generl'll con-
ference for some years, has served on the Gen-
eral Board of l\Iissiuns and thf' executive of the
Methodist Social Union. and is prominent in the
ethiC'al and sociological work of the church. lIe
is the .general treasurer of TC'mperance and
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Moral Reform department and a member of the
General Conference Special Committee.
Politically Dr. Watson is not a partisan, but
is a friend of every government that does not
forfeit his confidence by breaking faith with
the people, whom he regards as the rightful
sovereigns in every land. He is a boundless
optimist and hopes to see this country lay the
whole world under tribute by giving to it thosc
ideals of human conduct and character which
are, he thinks, the chief glory of any nation.
His only fear is that the wonderful material
prosperity of the people may blind them to the
nation's real sources of strength and greatness,
which he holds to be the virtue and honor of its
citizens.
Dr. Watson is a well-known reformer in the
moral field, being the president and founder of
the Ethological Association of Canada, presi-
dent of the Canadian Purity-Education Associa-
tion and a recognized teacher and leader in
ethical ideals. To these ideals in relation to
the life of Canada he devotes the best powers
and resources of an acute intellect, a ripe cul-
ture, a lofty enthusiasm, and untiring energy
and a kind and sympathetic heart.
JOH
HOWARD, in whose death in Toron-
to, in 1872, the city lost one of its progressive
and substantial business men, as well as a high-
ly esteemed reside.nt. was born in London, Eng-
land, in 1796. He grew to manhood in his na-
tive country, where he received his education.
After some years he emigrated to New York
City, where he became engaged in silk manu-
facturing. He came to Canada from New Yor:6::
about 1841, and locating in the city of Toronto,
resumed his silk manufacturing operations,
continuing successfully in that line until
his death. Mr. Howard married Miss
Mary Bloss, born in London, England, in 1800,
and she passed away in 1884, aged eighty-four
years. The only child of this union, a daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Howard, makes her home in To-
ronto, at No. 16 Oxford street, where her
mother died.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard were members of the
Church of England. In his political sympa-
thies he was connected with the Conservative
party. Fraternally an Orangeman, he was very
popular in that order, and in his death the so-
ciety lost one of its most ardent supporters.
John Howard came to Toronto with a reputa-
tion for honesty and integrity. and during his
many years of business life in the Queen City,
he added to his honors, and he died as he lived,
true to his God and his neighbour.
WILLIAM MINTO, for many years a we])-
known resident of Toronto. engaged in busi-
ness as a tea merchant, passed away Jan.
3,
1905, at his late residence, No. 110 Conduit
street, Toronto Junction. Mr. Minto was a
native of Scotland, born in 1846, son of Alex-
ander and l\Iargaret l\Iinto, who came to Can-
ada in 1832, Mr. Minto dying the next year.
WiHiam Minto's educational advantages
were secured in the schools of Lower Canada,
but his business life was spent in Toronto,
where he settled in 1
76. With his brother,
John Minto, he engaged in the tea business,
the first location being on Colborne street,
where they continued for many years, later
removing to Front street, and continuing at
the latter location until William Minto's death.
Mr. l\Iinto had a large acquaintance among
the business men of the Queen City, and the
firm was well and favorably known through-
out the Dominion.
In 1877 Mr. l\Iinto was united in marriage
with l\Iiss Annie Shaw, born in Birmingham,
England, in 1857, daughter of Ambrose and Re-
becca (Atkins) Shaw. In 1871 Mr. and Mrd.
Shaw came to Canada, settling in 1\lontreal,
where
r r. Shaw followed his trade of gun-
smith. He subsequently removed to Calgary,
where he was engaged in business on his own
account until his death, after which his widow
located in Toronto, and there passed away.
1\11'. and 1\1rs William l\Iinto had these chil-
dren; Annie E.; Alexander Henry, who mar-
ried Helena Wicks, and had two children, Gert-
rude and William; Alice, deceased; :Margaret,
who married Royden T. Cowan; William, de-
ceased; Celia; James E.; Helen Jane; Mary;
Andrew; Catherine, and Beatrice. 1\11'. Minto
belonged to the P
mouth Brethren. In poli-
tics he was a Conservative. In 1896 he re-
moved his residence to Toronto Junction, but
carried the business on in the city until his
death.
JAMES DEACON. who was for many years
engaged successfully in a number of business
enterprises throughout the Dominion, and who
met his death by drowning at Three Forks. B.
C., where he was engaged in mining. was born
near Barrie. Ont., in 18:
8. The family is of
Irish extraction. and was founded in Canada
by the father of James, who was a member oÎ
Her Majesty 's arm
'. for services in which he
received a grant of land from the Crown. H
settled near Barrie, Ont., and there he and his
wife died, the parents of four children.
James Deacon received his education in Bar-
rie, and there engaged to learn the blacksmith
business, which. however, he followed but a
short time. it not proving congenial. He was
engaged for some time as a general merchant
C(ßDIK\IORATIVE BIOGR
\PHICAL RECORD
in Brandon, Man, thence went to Calgary,
where for a time he was engaged in the lum-
ber business, later removing to the coast, where
be was following mining as an occupation when
be met his death.
Mr. Deacon was united in marriage with
Miss Eliza Henderson, daughter of Charles M.
and Charlotte (Ames) Henderson, the former
born in Ireland in 1812. Mr. Henderson left
the old country in 1822, and went to Kentucky,
where he was prepared for the ministry, a call-
ing, however, which he never followed. On
completing his education he came to Canada,
and engaged in civil engineering and survey-
ing. He also owned land in North Gwillim-
bury. County York, where he was living at
the time of his death in 1875. His wife, Char-
lotte Ames Sprague, was the daughter of Silas
Ames, an United Empire Loyalist and an early
settler of the County of York, where both he
and his wife, who was a native of Nova Scotia,
died. The children of Charles 1\1. and Char-
lotte Henderson were: Silas, of Rossland, B.
C.; and Mrs. Deacon.
Mr. and Mrs. James Deacon were the par-
ents of two daughters: Charlotte Henderson
and Anna. Mr. Deacon was a faithful member
of the English Church, and to this faith his
widow and children also adhere. In politics
he was a Reformer, and he was fraternally af-
filiated with the 1\[asonic Order. Since the
death of 1\11'. Deacon Mrs. Deacon and her
daughters have made their home in Toronto,
where they are most highly esteemed.
LYl\IAN GEORGE JACKSON was born on
the 23rd of l\Iay, 1856, next door to his father's
printing office, being the only son of Erastus
Jackson, who was at that time the editor and
proprietor of the Era, the only paper then
published in Newmarket.
Erastus Jackson was born in the village of
1\[errickville, County Grenville, Ont., Aug. 29,
1829, and received his education in his native
county. He started life as a printer, in J anu-
ary, 1845, at Cobourg. Three years later he
removed to Toronto, following his trade till
the spring of 1850, when he accepted a situa-
tion in a printing office in Guelph. Returning
to Toronto in the year 1852 he connected
himself with the old North American, publisb-
ed by Hon. William McDougall. where he con-
tinued till the following year. 185
. when he
came to Newmarket, purchasing the Era, which
he published successfully until 18B,j when he
retired from business and turned the paper
ove,r to his son. For nearly thirty years 1\[1'.
Jackson held a seat in the local council, repre-
sented the town in the county council for many
15:3
years, and has also filled the warden's chair.
He has always acted in the interests of the
town, and has filled acceptably many positions
of trust and honor.
1\11'. Erastus Jackson was married (first) to
Mahalah 'Wright. Mr. Jackson then married
(second) 1\liss Sophia Wright, daughter of
James Wright, deceased, of County 'Velling-
ton, and seven children were born to this
union, the eldest of whom died quite young.
1\11'. Jackson is a liberal in politics, and has
taken an active part in nearly all of the great
conventions of his party in this section. He is
greatly esteemed in York County, where his
many sterling qualities are recognized and ap-
preciated.
Lyman George Jackson received his educa-
tion at Mrs. Bayly's private school, at the pub-
lic school under Mr. Robert Alexander, and at
the village grammar school. Owing to ill
health he was obliged to abandon his studies
for a time, and, after a few weeks' holidays,
entered his father's printing office to complete
the trade at which he had worked more or le,;;!,1
since early boyhood. Mter becoming a jour-
neyman printer, he assumed the position of
bookkeeper and manager for a period of seven
:rears. and, in 188.), after !III'. Erastus Jackson
had made a success of the Era for over thirty
years, his Son succeeded as editor and proprie-
tor, the former retaining a financial and edi-
torial interest. Under the capable management
of 1\11'. Lyman George Jackson, the Era has
continued to hold first place in the estimation
of the, people. and has been thoroughly alive
to the interests of the town which it so ably
represents.
In 1878, 1\11'. L. G. Jackson married Miss Em-
ily Louise Weddel, daughter of the late Calvin
Weddel, of East Gwillimbury township, anù
four sons were born to this union: Edgar, Wal-
ter, Leslie and Garnet, the youngest of whom
departed this life in 189
, when nearly five
years of age.
When a young man, :Mr. Lyman George
Jackson took an active interest in the game of
lacrosse. and for a bout fifteen years was a
member of the town band. For twelve years
or more he acted as librarian of the old
Ie-
chanics' Institute, was afterwards elected on
the board of management. and for over fifteen
years took an active interest in its affairs, fill-
ing the office of president with much accept-
ance. Ever since his youth 1\[1'. Jackson has
been a staunch abstainer. and is connected
with several temperance organizations. Dur-
ing the Ontario Plebiscite he was secretary or
the York County or
anization. In religion he
is a
1ethodist. and has been for some years
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superintendent of the Sunday-school. On sev-
eral occasions he has been chosen representa-
tive to conferences, and for foul' years was on
the advisory board of the Methodist Book
Room. For some -,"e<l}'1'; he was on the execu-
tin> ('ommittee of the Canadian Press
\
socia-
tiön. Ill' is also ex-president of the 1\orth
lork
abbath School _\ssociation. and he now
holds the office of the secretar
r-treasurer of
the Lord's Day
\lliance, and is also treasurer
of A.O.n.W. Lodge Xo 81. Ill' is always fore-
most in any enterprise proposed for the bene-
fit of the town.
:.\11'. Jackson has tnn'dled a great deal, and
his letters to the Era while touring the Britisn
Isles ê\lld France. during the summer of 190;).
\\"ere interesting and instructive. and greatly
appreciated by his readers.
WAurER RIDOLT. In the untimely death.
in 1890, of the late Walter Ridout. at the age
of thirty-three. there was suddenly cut short
a career which had promised to be one of
marked success. and to refiect new lustre on a
name alread;\' well known and honored not
alone in Canada, but {'ven more in England.
where the Ridouts have been prominent for
genera tions.
Thp first record of the Ridout family is found
in Hutchins' "Visitation of the Somerset,"
now in thp College of Arms, London, in which
mention is made of the granting of a coat of
arms in 15;)1, to Thomas Ridout. of the parish
of Hensbridge, Somerset. England. The Rid-
outs have resided principally in Blandford.
Sherborne. Dorsetshire. after which Sherhourne
street. Toronto, was named by lIon. Thomas
Ridout, surveyor general of Canada, who was
born at the old family seat. There is men-
tion in Hutchins also of the Bristol Rillouts.
first referred tu in connection with tlw mar-
riage in 16í4 of Susannah. daughter of John
Ridout. of Bristol. to Thomas Strongwa;\'s. of
:\Iilbury, Dorsetshire. Their granddaughter.
Elizabeth. married
te'phen Fox. who was cre-
ated Earl of Ilchester in 1741.
The immediate hranch of the family to which
Walter Ridout belonged was founded in Can-
mla by George Ridout, his grandfather, who
erossed the ocean in 1820. III' was bol'll in
BI'istol in 1783. a son of
icudemus. elder
hrother of Hon. Thomas Ridout. the surveyor
general of Upper Cëwaùa, the latter of whom
Iwd already settled in the Dominion when his
nephpw came there. George Ridout had mar-
ried long bpfore leaving England l\Iiss Mary
Ann Knight, and they were al'companied to
America by their two sons. George Percival
and Joseph D., who remained for some time in
the Cnited States, one in New York and the
other in Philadelphia. The parents settled first
in the latter city, hut in ]826, on the recom-
mendation of Hon. Thomas Ridout, rame to
Little York. and there remained till the death
c'Í George Ridout, Rept. 3. 1835. His wife sur-
vived him exactly one month. Mr. Ridout hall
received. very soon a!ter coming- to Canada, a
government position Ilnd retained it for thf'
rest of his life.
The two sons mentioned abo,-e subsequently
alsL' came to Canada. The elder, George Per-
cival, "as born in Bristol, England, in 1807.
HI' came t.o Toronto prior to the rebellion of
] 83ï -38, and durin!:' that strug'g-Ie was in RCi-
ive service for the (jrown, so distinguishing
himself that he retired with tile l'ank of cap-
tain in the Seventh Battalion of the
York Volunteers. He became a very prom-
inent man in Toronto in both politi.
('al and business circle;;, representing
tlll' eity in the Dominion Parliament in 18:)1-:52-
;j:
; was one of the founders of the Toronto
Board of Trade, whieh was crganized in 1843,
and of which he was president from then till
1R;)2. when he was surceeded by a ì\ir. Clark-
son r see the Toronto Board of Trade book for
1
0-l or 19O:J]; and 'he was president of St.
neorge's R('ciety in 1
4:ï-4ö--I-ï. Ill' dil'd in
l
ï
. unmarried.
.Joseph D. Hidont was horn in Bristol m
1809. His business l'nreer began in New York,
where he was in the branch house of the firm
of l\Iessrs. Tarratt. of "\Volverhampton. En!!-
land. From Xew York he was sent when on!y
nineteen years of age, to open another branr:h
of the firm in Boston. TIll' ability thus in-
dicated and the ronfidenl'e reposed in him h
'
11)s employers, or thosp ('onnf'rted with him,
wpre features that marked his entire hnsines.-:
Cat'epr. In 18:n he ('a me to Toronto anò in thp
following year forml,d a. partnership with his
brother and the :.\k!'srs. Tarratt. Aftpr hi"
hl'Othel' 's n>tirement from the hnsÏlll'ss, .Joseph
D. Ridout took into the filõm .1 ames Aikenhead
awl Alexander Crownbie, and finalIy in lR76
himself withdrpw from all future firtiw rfln-
npr-tiolJ with tIll-' honst'. lIe hall hel'n vil'!'-
presidl-'nt of the Farmers' and
Iechani,'s'
Building Roeiety. anI! when it was merged into
the Canada 'Permanent Loan and Savings
Company, he herame president of the Ill'\\" or-
ganization. and retained the office until his
rcsignation in 1lay, 184-1, Hn accuunt of j;l
health. JJikl' his bruther he lwei helped to found
tlw Toronto Board of Trade. UP was a melll-
hpr of St. <1eorge's Sl'ciety. and served as presi-
dent from 18:ïl to 18;-)4, inclusive. He Wê1S a
man of varied interests, belong:ed hI the 1.0.0.
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\L HECORD
F.. in which we was at one time Grand l\Iaster,
was a founder of the l\lechanics Institute. and
held rank as an offi('er in the East York militia
from 183
to 1867, retiring ,vith the rank of
major. During the rebellion of 18:37-38, he ,;aw
active service.
Joseph D. Ridout was twice married,
Lis
first wife being )Iiss Julia Elizabeth Gold. a
sister of l\Irs. F. W. Cumberland. His seconll
wifc was a sister of Co!. F, \Y. Cumberland,
named Caroline. To them were horn two ;;ons,
Percival F. and Walter L. 1\11'. Ridout passed
a way from this world June 4, 1884: his widow
still survives and lives in Toront.o.
\Valter Ridout was born in Toronto in 18;),.
and was educated at ['pper Canada Colleg
.
His literaQ' training- was but preliminary to tht'
study of arl'hitecture. and he made his prac-
tical ëlC(llIaintance with the work of that PI")-
fession in the office of Stewart and Strick-
land. a firm with which he later became asso-
ciated as a partn<'r. He was admirably adapt-
I'd for the calling- he had chosen, <md was rap-
idly making a name for himself whell his ('a-
reel' was cut short by death. That sad event
occurred at his country home in Colborne. Ont.,
in 1890. He was a member of the {'hu('(.h
of Englanrl, anrl in his political views was a
Conservati VI'.
In ] 881 was solewnized the marriage of
"'alter Ridout and Miss Alice Boyer, to whom
were born three sons. Fl'ederick \Valter Boyer
(captain, Army Service Corps, stationed in
South Africa), Rohert .Joseph and l..ionel Cum-
berland. l\Irs. Ridout was a daughter of Rev.
R. C. Boyer, a clef.gyman in the Chureh o!
England. Born in 1826. Rev. :\[1'. Bo)'er waR
educated at Oxford. and came to Canada in
1848. lIe spent his active lifp in till-' service of
his ('hurch, and his ministrations wer(' pmh..d
h)' his death in ]
7;). His widow. whose mai(l-
en name was Grace Parr)'. now livps with )virs.
Ridout in San Dil'go. California.
ED\} A R 1\1. (,OOK, :\1.D., of No. 90 Colleg-t'
stI'eet, 'l'oronto, hecame one of that city's m..di-
I'al praf'titioners in 1893. awl in the interven-
ing years has gained an assured p0sition thf"l't'.
huilt up a large practil'e and made <m envi-
ahle reputation for himself. HI' carne to To-
I'onto from Rellpvilk County Hëlstings. wl1(>I'('
he was born :\Iar('h 11. lR54, son of \Villíam
:\IpDonald and Rusanna (Clark) Cook.
The Cook family was originally of II-ish
extraction, and was fountled in th p western
world by Wil1iam Cook, great-grandfather of
Dr. Cook. William Cook It'ft Irt'hmd in the
latter part of thl' eight('('nth century. and 10
('atpd in the Statl' of VemlOnt. wher(' Ill' died.
Hi;;
His son .John. dissatisfied with the condition!';
in \'t'rmont, (,èllne to Canada and settled in
Count)' Hastings. which becmne th(> perman-
ent home of the family. .J ohn Cook died there.
tIll' father of elewn childr(>n. Of thC'se only
ont' is living', David. who re8ides in l\IichÌ!;an.
\Villiam )1(' Donald Cook was born in Coun-
ty Hastings, in 1824, and his whole I if I" v. a<;
passed in the vicinity of Belleville, where his
father had loeated. 01'0\\ ing up under the ('on-
ditions of pioneer life as he did. his oppor-
tunities for education were limited. ,md tIlt'
calling of a farmer offered the most promisin!!
('iil'per for him. HI' married Susanna, (lalll!h-
11'1' of .Jamt's Clark, born in Snffolk. England.
Her fathel' was one of the pioneer8 who brought
their fnmilies to County Hastings at an earl\"
day. )[r'. Cook and his wife were both Metho-
dists and prominent for years in ehnrch work
They \\'pre the part'nts of three 80ns and four
daughters, but onl)- four are living. The eld(>st
dau!!,hter. ;\1ary. mal'rit'd \ViUiam Drew, of
County lIëtstings; her thrpe children all lh'd
in childhood. One son, .John E. Cook, born in
l
(il. after rompleting the course of study in
the county s('hools became a teacher there,
mJ
suhsequently eontinued his studies in the To-
muto Xorl1lal: he is now a barristel' in To-
ronto. comnll1nding a large law practice, and
reeentl
' took in
\[r'. Bond as partner.
1r.
C'O{)k is very prominent in
Iasoni(' circles,
hping a past master of Doric Lodge. A.F. &
\.
1.: pa<;t master of King Solomon Chapter. R
\.1\I.: past eminent preceptor of Cyrene Com-
mandery. Knights Templar: and a Noble of the
'[ysti,' Shrine. He married }Iiss Ella Imke, of
Toronto. Herbert Cook, horn in 1867, mar-
J'ied Sarah .Jnhy, of County Hastin
rs. and they
oceupy the old homestead. )11'. ('ook's mother
makes hel' home there with them. but the father'
!,<lsserl away there in 1876.
Dr. Edgm' }I. Cook was the eldest son in his
father's family. During his hoyhood he stud-
il'd in the eounty schools. and thence was sent
to the Toronto Xormal, where he ('omplptpd
his edul'ation. By that time hi" amhition to
beeomp a physician was already strong enou!!h
to 1w the dptpl'milling fa('tor in his life. and in
order to seeure the means for his medical stud-
ies tht' young num turnt'd to traching. For
fî\"l' y('<lrs he held a 110sition in the school in hi"
hon1/' town. in that time saving enong-h to ('ar'I',\'
ont his ehel'iHlwd purpost'. In 1881 he wcnt to
Cinoimmti, Ohio, and t'nterpd. tht' Homnpo-
pathic Colleg'c there. g-radnating in 1
S:1. lIe
then rl'tnrne(l to ('ana(h1. and att<'nded. Trinity
I\ledira.l ('ol1t'l!e. fro,m whil'h institution 'he 1'1"-
cpivell hiH diploma. in 1 RS-t-. passing thp exam-
illations (If tht' ('ol1e
e of Physicians and Snl'-
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goons of Ontario, and becoming a licentiate in
March, 1884. Dr. Cook first established himself
in Belleville, and in the nine years he prac-
tised there built up a large and lucrative pat-
ronage. But the demands of sllC'h a large prac-
tice in a country district are excessive, anrl
Dr. Cook decided in 1893, to establish himself
in Toronto instead. The change has pNved a
wise one, for he has been even more successful
in his new environment than in Belleville.
In June, 1898, Dr. Cook was joined in ma-
trimony to Miss Edith Hoskin, a daughter of
Thomas Hoskin, one of Toronto's leading blL,>i-
ness men. Mrs. Cook was one of a family of
four, and was reared and educated in Toronto.
She is a woman of true culture and beauty of
chara(>ter, and a devoted wife. Both Dr. Cook
and his wife are members of the Church of
England. The Doctor has been active in fra-
ternal work, belonging to both the Odd Ff'l-
lows and the Masons, and in the latter frater-
nity is a member of Cyrene Preceptory, of To-
ronto, and has taken the various degrees of the
BJue IJooge, the Royal Arch Chapter and the
Knights Templar. In politics he is a Liberal-
Conservative, but always stands for principles
which he deems in the best interest of the
country in preference to party. Dr. Cook's
reputation as a physician is high, while per-
sonally he is popular and held in great con-
sideration.
CAPT. THOMAS BROWN (deceased), for
twenty-one years a member of the "Queen '8
Own Rifles." a native of Toronto, born Oct.
8, 1849, and for many years a business man
of the Quæn City, was a member of one of th--
pionær families of that place.
The Brown family is of English extraction
and was founded in Canada by Thomas Brown,
the grandfather of Capt. Thomas. He and his
wife, Ann Spoor, came to Toronto in 1846, and
it was he who started the well-known whole-
sale stationery and bookbinding busines,> of
Brown Brothers, with which he was identitit'd
until his death, in 1863. His children were:
Thomas, deceased; Robert s., a retired I'itizen
of Toronto, who is mentioned elsewhere; Major
John, deceased; Richard. who is mentioned
elsewhere; \Villiam, who has been in the hard.
ware business in Toronto for some time; Rpv.
George 1\1., of the County of York, who is ex-
president of the Methodist Conference; Charles
s., deceased; Annie, deceased, who married B. B.
Toye; and Maria, del' cased.
Of this family Thomas Bro"\\Jl was the father
of the subject of this sketch. He was born at
Newcastle-upon-T
'ne, England, and came to
Cllnada in 1846, in young manhood, marryin
in Toronto Ann Parry, a native of England,
daughter of Henry and Esther Parry. Thomas
Brown was for many years 11 member of the-
firm of Brown Brothers. He died in 'foronto
in 1866, and his wife now resides there. She
is a member of the Methodist Church. to which
1\11'. Brown also belonged. Their children werp:
Capt. Thomas; IT enr.\' .1., of Brown Brothers,
Ltd.; Annie 1\1.; Emma II., the wife of Wil-
liam Ewens, of Owen Sound; Minnie, the wif...
of Dr. W. II. J eft's, of EgEnton, Ont.: Wil-
liam G., of Toronto; and Harriet E., the wife
of George H. Ilugsdin, of Minneapolis, l\Iin-
nesota.
Capt. Thomas Brown was educated in priv-
ate schools and the model school of Toronto.
and for three years thereafter was with the late
Senator J olm Macdonald in a wholesale dn'
goods house. He then w
nt into bu.siness with
his father, who was a member of the firm of
Brown Brothers, with which the Captain con-
tinued until his death.
On Feb. 2, 1870, Captain Brown was united
in marriage with Miss Jennie Irwin, daughter'
of Capt. Thomas and Margaret (Robb) Irwin,
natives of Ireland, the former of whom
wa.,> a son of Thomas Irwin, who died
in Ireland. In Ireland Captain and Mrs.
Irwin were married, and in an early da
r
they removed to Montreal, where he .lied in
1855. He was for many years a captain in the
Royal
avy. His wife died in 1859. Their
children were: Mrs. Brown and Mary Eliza-
beth, the latter residing with Mrs. Brown in
Toronto. Capt. Thomas and Mrs. Brown had
ehildren as follows: 'fhomas Arthur, born in
Toronto in 1871, who died the same year;
Thomas Henry, born in 1872, who died in 1887:
Myrtle Winifred; Olive LiUian, wife of Thomas
Russell. of Toronto; Alberta and Muriel, twim,
the latter dereasedj and Irwin Arthur, of To-
ronto.
Captain Brown was a Methodist. In political
sentiment he wa.<; a Reformer. Fraternally he
associated with the Royal Arcanum, and social-
ly he was connected with the National Cluh of
Toronto and the Granite Curling Club. From
1866 to 1887 he was a member of the <<Queen's
Own," and with this regiment serveù in the
Northwest Rebellion. He was a thorough busi-
ness man and a Christian gentleman, and' was
very highly esteemed in the city in whirh all
his life was spent.
THOUAS BRYCE was one of tne best
known and most highly respected citizens of
Toronto, where he passed away at his late resi-
dence, No. 95 Woodlawn avenue, On Nov. 6,
1905. Mr. Bryce was born in 1843, in Syming-
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ton, Scotland, son of John and .Jane Bryce,
who came to Canada in 1867, settling first in
Toronto. Later they removed to St. l\IaJ'v's.
from which place they subsequently rf'turned
to Toronto, where they dìed. Their childt'ell
were; Thomas; Á
nes, who married James
Fraser, of Stratford; Marion, Mrs. .William
Long; J olm, deceased; Annie, Mrs. Robert
I('arn5: Alexander, deceased; William; and
Elizabeth, l\Irs. H. H. Williams, of Toronto.
Thomas Bryce was educated in his native
fand, but his entire busine!';s and public life
was spent in Canada. He came to Toronto
with the family and soon thereafter eng-a!!ed in
contraf'ting and building, occupations whirh hI'
followed for many years, during which time he
erected hundreds of dwellings in the city. 1\11'.
Bryce's business methGds were such as to com-
mand the highest appreciation of those with
whom lle dealt, and his warm friends were as
numerous as his acquaintances. He was always
readv to assist the sick or needy, and also took
a g;eat interest in all matters for the publir
good. In 1898 l\Ir. Bryce was appointed Jmlge
of the Court of Revision, an office in which he
was serving at the time of his death.
In 1871 1\11'. Bryce was married to Mrs.
Louisa Turreff, widow of John Turreff. She
is a native of Toronto, and daughter of Mr.
William Hill, a pioneer settler of the Queen
City. who was born in London, En
land, anrl
located in Toronto about 1830. He married
1\1iss _I\Iary Achland, born in England in 1817,
who survives her hushand, residing- in Toronto.
To :\11'. and 1\1rs. Hill were born these children:
:\1rs. J olm Wilson, Wi!liam B., Mrs. Bryce,
h'g.
J. B. Fitz Simons,
Irs. Robert .Woodward,
1rs. Frank Rolph. and Mrs. Alexander Bryce.
)11'. and Mrs. Thomas Bryce had two rohil-
dren: Arthur. who married Vera K. Coxwell,
and has three children, Kathleen, Thomas and
:\Iary; and 1\1rs. Harry W. Gain.
ROBERT WILLIAM ABEIJL, who pas-)pd
away in Toronto in 1899, was one of the well-
known men. not only of that city, but in all the
leading places of Ontario, whieh he had vis.
ited in the establishment of the Ancient Order
of Foresters. Mr. Abell was born in Gloucester-
shire, EnQ'land, in 1834, son of David Abell,
who died in that country.
Robert William Abell grew to manhood in
Eng-Iand, and for a time prior to cominQ' to
Canada had engaged in a mercantile business.
In 1871 he settled in Toronto, where he en-
aged in the hotel business, at the corner of
Queen and Parliament streets. As above men-
tioned 1\[1'. AbC'll was prominently identified
with thf' ..:\neient Order of Foresters. He es-
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tablished the first tent in Toronto, thi!'; being
in 1871, the location being at the corner of
King and Berkeley streets. In connection with
the order, Mr. Abell travelled over a large por-
tion of Ontario, and founded many tents. A
few years before his death Mr. Abell retired
from business, and spent his remaining days
in the enjoyment of his home at No. 75 McGee
street. whieh he had built, and whieh is n0W
occupied by his widow.
In 18;);) )11'. Abell was united in marriage
with 1\1iss Emily Hyatt, born in England, in
1831, daughter of James and Hannah (Hook)
Hyatt, and to this union were born the
following ehildren: Fanny, who married Fran-
eis Consler, and has two children. Annie and
Baldwin; Annie, who married Robert Williams
( deceased) and has two children, Emily (wife
of Alfred G. Snook, has two children, Eileen
and Howard) and Fred,crick (who married
Edith Keat, has one son, Robert); Lucy. who
married Robert Fair, a hardware merchant of
'T'oronto, and has children, 1fay (who married
Ernest All ward, and has one child, Dorothy
?lfay), Winnie, Gertrude, Alberta., Harvey (de-
ceased) and Lucy; Rowland David, deceased,
v.ho married Ella French and left one dalU:
h-
tel'. Bessie; Emily, wife of Frank Barclev:
and Alice, deceased, who married Harry Lant.
In politics :\11'. Abell was a Reformer. He
was a member of the Baptist Church.
Robert 'Villiams. mf'ntioned in the forp-
!'Oing, was born .in Toronto in 1859, son of
George Williams, a well-known citizen, and was
there educated. After his marri8J!'e to Annie
.\bell he kept a hotel in Toronto for a few
years. By trade he was a machinist. He died
:\Iay 17, 1904.
DR. JOlIN KE)JNEDY OLIVER. who died
in Kingston, Ont.. ,Jan. 1, 1881, was onp of the
most popular men of that city. He was born
in Scotland in 1837. and came to Canada when
a young- man, being educated at the Q'leen '8
rniversity of Kingston, from which he gradu-
ated in 1863, M.D., and JJ.R.C.P. & S. in lR()8.
After graduation Dr. Oliver settled in prac-
tice in Kingston, where he became vcr,v prom.
inent in medieal, military and Mason i.! {.ir-
rles. The Dortor's residence was near St.
Georg-e's Cathedral, Kingston. From the time
of his graduation he was in constant practice
at this location, and became well known
throughout the city. He was frequently re-
quested to accept the mayoralty of the city, nnd
finally accepted the nomination in the elections
of 18RO-81, but his sudden death prevented his
assuming thp duties of that office. The Doctor
!';('rvpd his rity. hO\\"ever. in the ('ounei!. "Ind
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his country in the Fenian raid. hf>ing surgeOrl-
major of the 14t.h Bat.talion for some time. HI'
was a :\[aster 1\[mmn, high up in the order,
which, with the military, had rharge of his fun-
eral, which was several miles in length.
Dr. Oliver married Mary Ellen Town, who
was born on the Isle of .J ersey in 1848, daugh-
ter of Richard Town, who built and owned
thp .Masonic building in Kingston. To Dr. a.nd
Mrs. Oliver were horn: :\[ay Hossmore, wife
of Frank Gordon, a commercial traveller. who
has one daughter. Edna l..orraine; Ethel Gert-
rude; and one son, deceased. The Doctor had
three brothers and two sisters, Olle of whom,
l\Tary, married 8ir .Tames McIntyre, of Liver-
pool, England.
1\11'0;. Oliver, some years after her husband's
dea.th, settled in Toronto. purchasing the 110use
at Xo. 217 Dunn avenue, South Parkdalp, where
she now resides. In Dr. Oliver's death King-
stOn lo!;t a prominent and useful ('itizpn. the
rnediral fraternity an able member. and his
family a kind and loving husband a11f1 fath
r.
GEORGE WILLIAM BEYNOK, decpased,
who was a weH-known lawyer of Portage
a
Prairie. .Man., was an unusual personality, and
during his lifetime exerted more power for good
than most men. A thorough srholar and born
teacher, he was fm'ther gifted with the power
over his feHows that marks a leader of men,
and while his lot was not cast in stirring
srenes or times hp was yet a guiding' and deter-
mining influence in the lives of man
Y.
1\11'. Be
'non was horn near -:\Iontreal in lti48,
and was a son of Rev. George Beynon, a prom-
inent 1\[pthodist divine. HI' wa!; a graduate of
the {'niversity of Toronto, and later wa
a law
stm1f'nt in that rity, where. in lR79, he was duly
C'alled to the Bar. TIp first est.ahlished him-
self in l\[innpdosa. Man., wllC're h., practiced
law for ten years, and then went to Portage la
Prairie, where there were more promising oppn-
ings. He hecame district registrar th
're and
was still filling the dutiC's of that offi('e at the
time of his death, in 1902. His political af-
filiation was with the Rpform party. Besides
att.ending to his business and profession a I in-
ter-ests
Ir. Bpynon was always actively en-
gaged in rhurrh work, and was one of the noted
Sunday-srhool teaehers of the 1\[ethodi
t de-
nomination. He was speciaHy drawn to young
people and his Bible class was composed of
Sllf''h. His OWll genuine Christian chal'a('ter
and his deep personal interest. in his pupils
mart.. him very successful in his work, and num-
hers of them were firmly settled in right prin-
('iples of living through his tea('hings.
In lS81l\Ir. Beynon and )[i8." Edith William.
son, of Brampt.on, Ont., were unit.ed in mar-
riage, and five children came to hless their
home: George \\ïlliam. Jr., of Petrolia. who
married :ì\Iiss Ida "r alker, of Toronto; Edith
1\IaudC', who is the wife of Alexander Garner,
of Stratford, and ha!; ()np daughter, Doris.
Gareta. wife of lIenry l\[('Fad."pn, of Duluth.
hy whom she has had two sons, Douglas and
Harry; and two younger sons, Frank Pel'ci-
val and John. who reside with their mother in
Toront.o. 1\1rs. Beynon, who survives her 11118-
band. and liws at No. 494 Euclid avenue. bears
an enviable reputation as an authoress, having
not only contributed a number of articles to
thp leading magazines, but also written several
novels, a.mong which "Saint'!, Sinnel'}; and
Queen People" has been especially popular and
has attained a wide circulation.
)[R. AND :\fRS. JOSEPH USTER NICH-
OLS, of Toronto, enjoy the distinction of hav-
ing been identified with two of the prominent
movements of the city from their inception: :\[1'.
Xi('hols laid the first concrete '!idewalk in To-
ronto, it being in front of the Y.l\LC.A. build-
ing, on Yonge street, while
Irs. Nichol" wa" a
mC'mber of the first faculty of the Toronto Con-
servatory of )[usic, with which she is still iden-
tified. 1\11'. and Mrs. :-\iC'l1Ols arc of Leed,>, Eng-
land, where he was born in ISfí1, SOn of David
Nichols. a contractor of wide rC'putation in that
country.
In his native city :;\[1'. NiC'hols rerpivf'd his
education and there learned the contrading .111d
building business, whi('h he followed in Leeds
for some time befol"e coming' to Canada. He
had contracts for many of the principal build-
ing'S of LeC'ds, and with his father built the now
famous LpC'ds Bridge and I,eeds Town Hall. In
1
S7 Mr. and 1\Irs. Nichol<; and thrir faTPil
'
came to Toronto, where 1\[1'. Nichols l'C'sumed his
contracting husiness, giving special attention to
concrete walks. in which line he was thC' pioneer;
he also built the conrrete swimming' haths for
the Y.
I.C.A. and Ppper Canadn College. In
] 8!)a 'hP wpnt out of tllP contracting' husin,'ss
and turnp<1 his attention to the work of a rom-
mf'r('ial salpsman. in whieh he was eJlgaged for
some time. Pl'Ohahly no man is hetter known in
Canada than is 1\11'. Xichols, for hC' hm; travellpd
the Dominion from ocean to ocean, visting ewry
principal ('ity and town. For some time he wao;
conne('ted with an Endish house. Iu recent
vpars he }W8 again turned his attention to thp
huilding and contraeting business, and is no\\"
engaged in forming a general roneretp eonst.ruc'-
tion hn<;iness in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
l\'1rs. Nichols, who is well known in mnsica 1
cirf'lps in 'I'0I'ont0, was also horn in Englan(I,
"
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\L RECORD
daughter of Thomas and Isabella (Swan) Cork-
burn. well-known resident<; of that country,
where :\11'. Cockburn was a manufacturer of
blocks and sails. In Leeds .\Irs. Nichols re-
ceived her literary and musical education. and
on c(lming to Toronto continued to follow the
musical profession. In September, 1887. the
Toronto C011servator.,- of l\Iusie was opened, and
in February. 1888, Mrs. Nirhols became a mem-
ber (If the faculty of that institution, with which
she has sinre been identified as a tea ('her of the
piano forte.
To 1\'11'. and ) Irs. Nichols have been born thr0e
sons: David. an architect of 'Vinnipeg, was edu-
catpd in Toronto, and inherits the musical taste
of his mother; James hand .1 ark are in busi-
ness in Toronto, and like their parents are pio-
neers in a line of in<1ustry, having founded the
York 1\Ietal Polish business. They manufacture
both metal polish and "Grimo." having pur-
chased the latter from another company.
Ir.
and )1 rs. Nichols are consistent members of the
Congregational Church. In political sentiment
he is a Reformer.
ROBERT LA'l'IL\l\[ :1\IcCORI\f ACK. secre-
tary of the Conger Coal Company, Limitpd. and
otherwise prominently identified with th,' busi-
ness interests of Toronto, makes his home in To-
ronto Junction, of which place he has heen a
resident since it wa." a small village. He has not
only seen the rapid dcvelopment thereof. but has
been one of the principal factors in hringing
about present conditions.
The 1IcCormack family is of Scotch extrac-
tion. the founder of tIle family in America hav-
ing bpen reared near Dundee, Scotlanrl. from
which country
\lexallder )IrCormack, the great-
grandfather of Hobf'rt L., emigrated to North-
umberland county, Pennsylvania, about the
year 1783. The maiden name of Alexander Mc-
Cornnaek's wife was .Tane Carson. Thry both
died in Pennsylvania. leaving four sons and
four daughters. namely: 'Villiam,
amuel,
.J ames. Xathaniel, Mrs. Xancy DlUWHlI, )[1'8.
Mary Thomas. ::\11'8. Margaret Smith, and ::\Irs.
Jane Jeffords.
Of the foregoing family Nathaniel :\fr('or-
mack. the !!randfather of Robert Latham, was
born in 1778, and (lied in New York State in
183!). He and his brother, William, and their
sister. :\[rs. .Jane Jeffords, settled in New York,
where the brothers became wealthy farmel's and
where both died. Nathaniel 1\IcCorrmh'ì{ mar-
ricd Helen Camphpll. who died in lR7G, at the
age of about ninety Yl'ars. Rhe was the mother
of children a.<; follows: James. who settled in
Michigan and thcre dicd; Alexander. who set-
tled in South ('arolina, and there dif>d; Rob-
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ert: Samuel, who died in St. Louis, :\Iissonri;
William, who settled in Missouri, went to Cali.
fornia at the time of the gold fever in 1849,
and has not heen heard from since; Gem'ge, who
died at Ransomville, New York; Nathaniel, who
died in Alaùama; and one daughter, Mrs. Jane
Smith, who died in Michigan in 1885.
Rolwrt .l\h'Cornla.rk was born in 1818 in Kew
York Rtate,
nd was the only son of the famil
'
to settle in Canada, being therefore the prageni-
tor of the
[cCormacks in the Dominion. In
1838 he settled in Toronto, on the Don, and I'n-
gaged in the manufacture of lumber and in the
building of sawmills. From the Don ]\fr. 1'[('-
Cormack went to C'ashpl, where he rented for
about two
;ears, mO\"f'd thf'nce to l\larkhmn
township, where he was in the mercantile and
lumber business, and from there to Vivian. in
the township of \Vhitchurch, where he was en-
gaged in tllf' lumber business. There he dil'd
July 29, 1906, in the eighty-ninth year of his
age. Robert McCormack married Elizabèth
Latham, who wa!' born at. Castleblayney. in the
North of Ireland, in lR25, and died at Vivian
in 1900. in the faith of the Presbyterian (,hurch.
To Rohert and Elizabeth (Latham) McCormack
came the following named children: Ellen, the
wife of \Yilliam Simpson, of Balhmtrae, Ont.;
Elizabeth, who married Michael Jackson, of To-
ronto Junction; Mary, the wi<1ow of Samuel :1\[,,-
Mullin, of Ballantrae, Ont.; William Alex-
ander. of Manitoba; Hobert Latham, of 'l'oronto
Junction; and Nathaniel and George, or ViviRn.
All of this family were born in the County of
York. Ontario.
Robert Latham Mc('ormacl, wa;:; born in
Cashel, :Markham township. in 18!'í4, and com-
pleted his education in the
ewrnarket high
school. From lR77 to lRH:J he was with hj
father in the lumher business, and with this ex-
perience he came in the latter year to Toronto
J unction, then a mere hamlet, engaging in the
coal
nd lumber business On his own acconnt.
A ftpr rontinuing- tlms for ahont fi,re year;; he
sold out and purchased a half interest in the
('()n
er ('oal Company of 'I'm'onto. IJimited,
Dpf'. 24, lR90. He and :1\11'. Ralph E. Gibson,
the presidpnt of the company. are now sole
proprietors, and they condurt an extensive lmsi-
upss a<; dpalers in all kinds of hard and Boft
cORl, wood and coke. Though the concern is
now such an important One it was established
upon a very modest srale, and at the t.ime Mr.
l\fr('0rmark purchaspd his ha If interest it '\'as
still a small hut promising industry. It has de-
veloped, however. beyond the most san!!uinp
hopI's of thl' propriptOl's, as thp volume of their
annual husiness shows, 17;J,OOO tons of coal
alone bping handled
rearly. Employment i<;
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given to two hundred people, and one hundred
horses are required constantly. The company
maintains eleven offices in Toronto besides the
main office at No.6 King street east, and one in
Toronto .function, has a private d()('k on Esplan-
ade street east, at the foot of Church street.
three bl'anch yards in the city and a fourth in
Toronto Junction. These accommodations have
been aCfJuired from time to time as the growth
of the business demanded increased facilities
for handling and more room for storing, as well
as convenient points from which to deliver and
ship, find the thoroughly systematic manner
in which the trade is supplied is ample reason
in itself for the substantial growth of the com-
pany. Its standing- in commercial circles testi-
fies sufficiently as to the general confidence in
the ability of the proprietors. Both are men of
upright character and irreproachable integrity,
commanding- as much respect for worthy per-
sonal traits as for business responsibility. They
have other important interests, for the most part
in the same line. In 1902, when the Toronto
.Junction Lumber Company was formed.
Ir.
}1cCormack became vice-president of that com-
pany, which position he still holds,
1r. R. E
{}ibson being the president. 1\11'. McCormack
is also vÏC'e-president of the Gravel Construction
Company. established in 1899 (Mr. Archy
Campbpll, )LP., being president), and a director
of the Crown Life Insurance Company, To-
ronto.
On Dec. 20, 1882, 1\11'. McCormack married
Miss Amelia Sharpe, who was born in 'Vhit-
ehurch to\VI1ship, County of York, daughter of
George and Maryann (Simpson) Sharpe. To
this union have been born children as follows:
Carson; Olad
rs; Grace; Rufh; Robert; Hope;
l\Iary. and three deceased. In 1899 ]\11'. 11c-
Cormack purchased his beautiful home, "Oak-
lands." at No. 336 Annette strpet, Toront.o
.Junetion. to which he has added both in value
and attr:J(,tiveness during his occup:Jncy of the
nl:JC'P. Mr. :mcl )frs. ]VlcCormack are members
of Victoria Presbyterian Ohurch.
)fr. "McCormack has always taken an active
part in church matters. In 188
he was chair-
man of the building committee which had in
charge the erection of the First Presbyterian
Churt'h at the .Junction. The lmilding- kno'.vn
as the ViC'toria Preshyterian Church, sincp sold
to the Roman C:Jtholics, is on Pacific aVPß1I".
and was built at a cost of $3,000. In 1891 the
present edifice was erected, at the corner qf
fidland and Annette streets, at a cost of $-1'1,-
000, and :\11'. McCormack acted as chairman of
the building committee for this structure also;
hI' is now one of the managers of the church.
In his politieal opinions )fr. l\TcCorm:Jck is It
Conservative, and fraternally he is a member
of the A.O.U.W., the C.O.F., and the Masonic
Fraternity, in an of which he has passed all t.he
chairs. He W:JS the founder of Rtanley Lod
,
No. 426. A.F. & A.M., as well as of other fra-
ternal organizations at the Junction. Socially
he hoWs membership in the Toronto Albany
Club and the Canadian Club, and he is a mem-
ber of the Toronto Board of Trade. Mr. Mc-
Cormack was a member of the council of Whit.
church township when he was but twenty-one
years old. He was also a member of the first
council of Toronto Junction, and for some time
was a member of the Junction Collegiate Insti-
tute Board. His superior personality has made
him a man of note among his business associ-
ates and in the community in which he has so
l.ong resided, and the confidence and estepm
which his fellow men feel for him are well shown
in his popularity a
a candidate for various
honors. He has carried himself with credit in
every relation of life.
ANDREW TELFER, whose death occurred
in Toronto April 28, 1897, was for many years
a well-known business man of that city. Hð
was born in 1829, in Roxburghshire, Scotland,
son of Andrew and Christina (Murray) Telf
r.
hoth of whom passed away in Scotland.
Andrew Telfer, our subject, Was educated in
his native shire in Scotland, and came to Can-
:Jela in 1854. settling in Quebec. For thirtei'n
years he was a member of the firm of Laird &
Telfer, of that city. From Quebec, Mr. Telfrr
went to 1\Iontrea], where he was in th(' wholp-
sale dry goods business for a time, and in 1871
he became a resident of Toronto, and was first
engaged as buyer for a large Wholesale honse.
and then fornned n partnership with Mr.
Crompton undpr the firm name of Crompton &
1'('lfer. to carryon the corset business. On the
dissolution of this partnership 1\11'. 'reIfel'
founded the Telfer Manufacturing Company.
for the manufacture of paper boxes, and in
this business he continued until his death.
On .June 30, 1867, Mr. Telfer returned to
Scotland, and marri
d Miss Agnes Dobie, born
in the SOl1th of Scotland, daug-hter of the late
Rev. John and .Janet (Somerville) Dohie. both
of whom died in Scotland. To
rr. and Mrs.
Telfer were born two daughters: .J :Jnet 8..
widow of the late Rev. John MacGillivray, of
Westmount, l\fontreal; and Mrs. .John Turn-
bull, of Toronto. Mr. Telfer was an eldC'r in
S;t. .J ames' Rquare Presbytf'rian Church, To-
ronto, for many years. In politics he was a RC'-
former.
CO:\DIK\IORATIYE BIOGRAPIIIC
\.I
RECORD
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JOHN HUNTER, M.D., is not only well
known through Ontario as a physician and sur-
geon of skill, and as a writer whose contribu,
tions are gladly accepted by the leading peri-
odicals of the profession throughout the coun-
try, but also as a leading politician, education-
alist and churchman.
The Doctor comes of Irish ancestry, the fam-
ily having been founded in Canada by his
father, David Hunter, who was born in Ireland,
and who came to this country about 1814, set-
tling in the County of Peel. There he engaged
in farming until about 1854, when he moved to
the County of Brant. His wife was Jane Ham-
ilton. The father died when the Doctor was a
child, but the mother lived until 1888. In re-
ligion Mr. and Mrs. Hunter were Presbyterians.
He was a Reformer. They had twelve chil-
dren. Of these, David H., B.A., was for some
years principal of the Woodstock Collegiate In-
stitute; and Adelaide, now Mrs. John Hood-
less, of Hamilton, is well-known all over the
Dominion as founder of the first college of
domestic scieñce in Canada, located in Hamil-
ton, and of which she was for many years pre-
sident. She has made this subject very popu-
lar by addresses delivered throughout the Do-
minion, the United States and Europe, before
large and appreciative audiences of the most
intelligent people of these countries.
Dr. John Hunter was born in the County of
Peel in 1850. His literary education was re-'
ceived at the Galt Collegiate Institute, but be-
fore entering that institution he had been en-
gaged in teaching for three years. In 18ï2 he
entered the Toronto School of Medicine, and
graduated from the University of Toronto with
the degree of M.D.. in 1875. The Doctor sub-
sequently (1888) visited the large hospitals of
England. Ireland, Scotland, Germany. Austria,
Italy, France and the United States, his post-
graduate work being the very best that could
be obtained in Europe or America. In 1875
he began the active practice of his profession
at Millbrook, County Durham, where he resid-
ed for seven years. In 1882, he located in To-
ronto, where he has since been engaged in gen-
eral practice. For the past six or eight years
he has been giving special attention to diseases
of the ear, nose and throat.
Dr. Hunter is a contributor to the leading
medical journals of the day, having become a
writer through being a close student. He is a
very prominent member of the various medical
societies of the Dominion, is an ex-president of
the Toronto Medical Society, and has held var-
ious positions of trust in these associations. He
is one of the founders of the Western Hospital
and a member on its staff. In the years 1894
II
and 1895 he was a member of the Public School
Board of Toronto, and was one of the original
promoters of manual training and domestic sci-
ence in the schools, as well as of the amalgama-
tion of the school boards. He was elected to
the Board of Education on Jan. 1. 1907, by a
very large vote over the whole city. IIis plat-
form was: "Weed out disability from any
cause; efficient inspection of our schools; ade-
quate salaries for all our teachers; that the
Government and municipalities should make
our mines. timber limits and public utilities
contribute liberall.y for the education of the
children. "
For some time Dr. Hunter was president of
the Liberal Association of West Toronto. and
in 1905 was the Independent Liberal candidate
for this riding, on a special platform declaring
against "the Saloon, the Bar and the Treating
System. " This was the year of the great land-
slide in politics. when the Conservatives, under
the leadership of Mr. Whitney, defeated by a
large majority the Reformers under Premier
G. W. Ross. In the contest Dr. Hunter polled
nearly two thousand votes-an excellent show-
ing under the circumstances then existing. as
the Liberals had been in power for about thirty-
three years.
11 18ïï Dr. Hunter and :
\Iiss Lizzie Renwick,
daughtel ",f Ü,p latp J ùhll Renwick, of Orono,
County Durham, were united in marriag-e, and
to this union the following children were born
Williston M., assistant inspector of gas and
electric meters for the Government; Edith -:\1.
and Mar
'; and ::\fabel and Herbert. both de-
ceased. Dr. Hunter and his estimable wife
are members of the Dunn Avenue Presbyterian
Church, in which the Doctor is an elder ntH}
assistant superintendent of the Sunday-school,
find prior to his affiliation with this church he
was for eighteen years an elder in Chalmers
Church. Dr. Hunter has gained the confidence
and good-will of the people of Toronto. and
has enjoyed a lucrat;ive practice. He is at
home in every line-a close student. a careful
practitioner and a steady-handed surgeon in
his special work.
The Doctor spent the winter of 1897-98 In
Redlands, California. as medical attendant to
his brother, the late principal of the Woodstock
Collegiate Institute. He has made frequent
trips to Npw York. Philadelphia, Boston. Balti-
more, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis and De-
troit, to visit their hospitals, and to investigate
their educational systems. as pursued in their
universitips. high and public schools.
JOSEPHI:-;E WELLS, D.D.S.. a well-known
dental practitioner of the cit
. of 'roronto, with
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COM1\IE:\IORA TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
offices at No. 653 Spadina avenue, was born in
August, 1856, at Aurora, County York, daugh-
ter of Charles and Catherine (Tyson) Irwin
the former born near Newmarket. County York,
in 1
31 and the latter at Holland IJlmdinQ'.
younge
t daughter of Isaiah and Catherine Ty-
son.
Robert Irwin, the grandfather of Dr. Wells,
came to Canada from Pennsylvania in 1800,
and spttled with his wife, Sarah (Cummer), at
Xewmarket, where he was engaged as a me-
(.hanic. To thrm were born five children, of
whom Charles was; the only survivor.
Charles Irwin was born near Newmarl{pt,
County York, in 1831. His early life was "pent
in carpentering. hut he later became engaged
in the work at his father's gristmill at Aurora,
whirh he managed for a number of years. In
1855 he married Catherine Tyson, who was
horn at Holland Landing, youngest daughter of
Isaiah and CatlIerinp Tyson, and died May 4-,
1905. She was thr mother of five children:
1)
Josephinp is mC'ntioned farther on. (2) Minnie
II., born in Aurora in 1860, is the wifc of
Th0mas Hamme]], of Beeton. Ont., and has four
children, Esther, Charles H., Katie and Mar-
garet. (3) Katie. horn in 1866, died in young
womanhood. (4-) Courtwright. born Jan. 1
1870, in Aurora, now the manager of p .''HC
store in Londop, Out., marripG.
Iiss Evelyn
Brown, and they have one son, Pearson. (5)
YÙJliam, born Nov. Hi, 1872, was educated in
the IJloydtown public school and Newmark2t
high school, taught in the public schools for
twelve years, and is at present a student in Vic-
toria College. preparing for the ministry. He
married Miss JJillian Richardson, and they re-
sidp in Toronto: they have two ehildren, 1\Iuriel
and Vera.
In 1892 1\11'. Charles Irwin came from Schom-
berg to Toronto, and there he has lived retired
to the present time. He is connected with thp
Methodist Church, and has held various official
positions therpin. In politi!'s he is a member
of the Reform party, and while in Aurora
J!erved a.. a member of the school hoard, as conn.
cillor for the township of King and as count
r
councillor for the County of York (for about
ten years-.1874 to 1882), and as justice of the
ppace (for thirty years).
Josephine Irwin was edu!'atC'd in t]le'schools
of Aurora, at which plaf'e she was reared to
womanhood. In March, 1R76, she was marrie,l
to .John 'WeBs. D.D.S., who was born in .Janu-
ary, ]8:>4. eldC'st son of J. P. Wells. .John Wells
taught school for somp time, and in 1882 gradl1-
ated from the Royal Dental College. lIe prac-
tised four ypars at ::\feaforrl. Ont., and four
rears at AUI'ora, :md in 1889 located in Toronto,
giving up his profession on account of ill health.
He eliI'd in April, 1904. To Dr. and Mrs. Wells
"'erC' born five chil<lren: Mab!'l, born in Aurora
in 18S0, rpceived a high school education;
0harl('s P., horn in King in 1882, is sin
le and
C'mployed at th(' post officI', Toronto; Arthnr
Tvson born in 1882, died in childhood; Edith
r.i., b
rn in ] RR4, died in 1896; Dalton C. was
born in 1900.
:Mrs. Wells first took up the study of dp.ntistry
with IH'r husband. and entered the Royal Dental
CoUp!!'e in 1891, graduating therefrom in 1893-
the first woman dentist to graduate from that
institution. Rhe has since attended to a very
successfnl practice in Toronto, having takcn
(''barge of her husband's entire business. She
residps in her own home in the Queen City. 'Irs.
Wells is a mpmber of the Church of Christ, and
1\fr. Wl'lls died in the same faith.
Mrs. \Vells tracC's her ancestry bark to par-
ti!'ipants of the Revolutionary war in the Fnited
States, some of whom removed afterward to
Pennsylvania and became identified with the
Society of Friends. From Pennsvlvania they
made'their way to Canada prior
the war dr
1812, and this has hcC'n the home of the family
to the pI'Pspnt time.
'l'HOUAS WINNING DY AS, who passed
away at his summer home on Toronto Island,
.J une 22, 1899, was for many years. and up to
the time of his death, advertising and circulat-
ing manager of the Mail and EmpÌ1'e, Toronto,
and one of the best known figures in the pub-
lishing world of Canada. 1\11'. Dyas was born
at "Clonturken," the old family residence in
County Cavan, Ireland, Sept. 2, 184.5, son of
John and E
lpn (Warrm) Dyas, natives of the
EmC'rald Isle. He was educated in the pub-
lic schools at New Orleans, and thp Collegiate
Institute of London, Ont.,' and at the age of
eiO'hteen veal'S began life as a civil pngineer and
s,;rveyor: and for SO'lle time practised his pro-
fpssion hut latC'r found his vocation in news-
paper
v0rk his first duty being editorial work
on the FannC1"s Ad'l'ocate, of London. In 1874
he C'ame to Toronto, and was at first on the staff
of the Globe. In 1877 Mr. Dyas was appointed
to the head of the advprtising department of the
Jlail, Hnd this position he filled to the timp of his
death.
In 1871, in IJondon, Mr. Dyas married Miss
Emma 'Vilder Ball, a native of Boston, 1\Iaisa-
chm;etts. 1\11'. Dyas was a member of the Eng-
lish Churrh. In politics he was a Consprvative.
IIp was fraternally connected with the I.nO.F.
and th(' A.O.U.W.
CO:\DIK\lORA TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
:/I;"ERIAH J. ROADHOUSE, ex-mayor of
Newmarket, Count
. York, and a well known
business man of this place, engaged as an under-
taker and large furniture dealer, was born at
Kewmarket Kov. 27, 1832, a son of Samuel and
Frances (Elvidge) Roadhouse. The Roadhouse
family is an old one in Canada, the founder of
the family here bein
William Roadhouse (1) was one of the
very first settlers in County Peel. The children
of this pioneer were: 'Yilliam, the grandfather
of our subject; Sarah. born in England, the
widow of David Donnie, resides in County
Peel and has two sons; Henry died in County
Peel: .Jonathan died in Ontario; John died '11
California, one of the gold 8eekers of IS!!):
Joseph became a prominent man and died at the
old home in County Peel; James lived until
1904, in County Peel.
1\lìliam Roadhouse (2) was born in Eng-
land, and came to America, sailing from Eng-
land the day that Queen Victoria was born. lIe
was located for a time in Ott8.wa, and in 1886
he settled in County York, living a while in To-
ronto, where he worked. at his trade of stone en-
graver. Later he mad.e a permanent home in
Albion township, "here he cleared. up a farm
and there 'he died in 1878, one of the successful
farmers of that locality. He married Sarah
Cass, and they 118d three sons and three daugh-
tel's: Samuel was the eldest son j Jane, deceased,
was the wife of George 1Honkm an , who died in
the
orthwest Territory; Neriah. born in Coun-
t.y York, followed the trade of a blacksmith and
died near Toronto; Sarah, deceased., was the wife
of 1\'L Stephenson. of Milroy, Ont.; Elizabeth is
the wifp of Wa1ter Brown, who resid.es in To-
ronto: 1\ T ilIiam married. liwd on the old homl'-
stead. until a few years ago, and then moved to
Owen Sound.
Saf11ue] Roadhouse was born in Counh- Peel
Ont.. in .Jul
-. 11'24. and was reared. On the hom
farm, attending the common schools. In 18aR
he came to Newmarket, and learned the cabinet-
making trade with John Botsford. He re-
mained with him one year. when Mr. Bot
ford
died, and then Mr. Roadhouse succeeded him in
the husiness, continuing it until his death. In
184-:>, at (\"ewmarket, he married Miss France;;
Elvidg-p. born in England in 1823, daughter of
HenQ' and. Elizabeth Elvidge. Mr. and
Irs.
Elvidge came from England in the year 1824
on a sailing \'Pssel by way of Quebec. They re-
mained in that rity until H!:
ô, whpn they came
to Newmarket, County York, as early setUpr<;.
JIf'Dr
- Elvid.ge was a millwright, earppnter and
farmer. and. he found plenty of emploympnt
among the early settlers. His children were:
.Joseph, deceased, of Xewmarketj Elizabeth, tle-
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ceased. wife of ,Y. 'Veightman, of County York;
Edward, formerly a millwright at Newmarket;
:\Iary, deceased, wife of John Atkinson, of
County York; Jane, deceased, wife of Henry
Fryatt, a retired farmer of County York; ]'ran-
ces, the mother of our subject; William, a resi-
dent of l'\cwmarket. who has one son, Herbert;
Charles, a business man of Oakland. California;
and George, "ho resides with his family at
Brantford. Onto Samuel Roadhouse died at his
home in Newmarket in Am;ust, 1890, leaving
an ample fortune and an honorable name. His
estimable wife survived untit May, 1904. In
religious faith they were members of the :\Ieth-
odist Church. In poEtics he was a Reformer
until he supported thi
national policy, when he
became a Conservative.
The children of Samuel Roadhouse and his
wife were: Charles H., born in 1847, was reared
at Newmarket, where he married; he is now a
rp"ident of m
the. Sarah, born in 1849, is the
wife of James S. Spiers, who is chief clerk of
tIll' Grand Trunk railroad. and is located at
Montreal; they have two sons. Charles A. and.
Harold A. Emma, horn in .1855, now deceased.
wa
the "ife of Jesse Doan, also deceased; they
left one son, Frank. Annie E., born in 1858,
is the wife of Thoma..<< H. Hacking of Detroit.
and. they have two children, Jessie (wife of
William Kirton, of Detroit) and Mabel. Ella,
born in 1860, is the wife of W. S. McClintock, a
druggist of Galva. Illinois, and they haV"e chil-
dren. Gladys, Francis and Ross. William, born
in ]R63, married and resides at North Bay,
Onto Neriah J. is mentioned below.
Neriah J. Roadhouse is the third member of
the above family. He was reared at Newmar-
ket where he attended school, completing the
rourse in the grammar school. He was seven-
tppn years oM when he entered his father's fur-
niture store, and, learning the business, becrone
manager while still young, on account of his
father's failing health. In order to prepare
himself thoroughly for all the duties of his busi-
ness, :\fr. Roadhouse attend.ed a private embalm-
ing' school at Toronto, learning the most im-
proved sanitary methods of that profession.
Since ]890 he has carried on the business alone
and is one of the city's most reliable and repre-
sentative business men.
:\fr. Roadhouse is equally præninent in public
life, voting with fue Conservative party on im-
portant matters. For a period of twelve years
he was a member of the t.own council, his father
having served a number of years before him as
counl'illor and reeve. In 1904 his popularity
among his feHow citizens was shown by his elec-
tion to the honorable position of mayor of New-
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COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
market, one which he filled with dignity and
efficiency.
On July 20, 1886, 1\11'. Roadhouse was marrie.l
to Miss Emily Millard. born in County York,
daughter of Mordecai and :Martha Millard,
members of prominent families of the county.
Mrs. Roadhouse died at Newmarket, Nov. 24,
1896, leaving three children, namely: Mildred,
born in 1888, 'Who is well educated; Geraldine,
born in 1890, a student in the Newmarket high
school; and Constance. born in 1893.
On June 28, 1897, Mr. Roadhouse was mar-
ried (second) to Miss Mary Bogart, who belongs
to one of the leading families of the county and
is a daughtpr of J. W. and Elizabeth Bogart.
She was reared and educated in this city, and
is a lady of many social attractions. The hos-
pitable home of Mr. and Mrs. Roadhouse is the
scene of many pleasant gatherin
s. Mrs. Road-
house is a member of the Christian Church,
while Mr. Roadhouse is a Methodist.
.JA
,IER CROCKER, who passed away at his
late residence, No. 490 Jarvis street, Toront.o,
Dec. 23, 1905, was one of the cit
T 's most c;uc-
cessful business men and highly esteemed citi-
zens. Mr. Crocker was born in Cornwall, Eng-
land. Aug. 31, 1828. After receiving his educa-
tion in his native country he came to Canada at.
the age of twenty years, and soon thereafter set-
tled in Etobicoke township, County York, where
he engaged in farming. In about 184R he lo-
cated in Toronto, where his business abi1ity soon
became apparent to his fellow citizens. who
elected him to represent St. Patrick's ward in
the city council in the year 187;:;, by acclama-
tion. After the subdivision of St. Patrick'f!
ward, ,,-hich was brought about largely through
the efforts of Mr. Crocker, and the formation
of St. Stephen's ward, he was ('lected to repre-
sent the latter in municipal offices. He was first
elected from this ward in 1876 and sat in the
city council in 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879. 1880,
1881, 1883, 1884. 1886 and 1889, when he with-
drew from municipal life. During these ten
years in the council he served the city ably and
well, with honor to himself and satisfaction to
his constituents.
Mr. Crocker was largely interef!ted in various
enterprises in the city, being a director on the
board of the Industrial Exhibition Association
for twenty-one years and a director of the Union
IJoan Company. He was also interestcd in and
the owner of valuable real estate in the city. It
was larg-ely through his influence-in associa-
tion with thp late Mayor Morrison and Mr. I, T.
Withrow-that the Massey M
mufacturing Com-
pany was induced to move from Newcastle to
Toronto, and this is only One of the ways in
which he advanced t.he interests of the city, the
welfare of w'hich he always had at heart. His
politics were those of a lifelong Conservative.
He was a member of the St. George Society and
the York Pioneers' Association, and in religion
was a consistent member of the Methodi'3t
Church.
In 18;:;0 :Mr. Crocker was married to :Mary
Steele. who was born in Scotland in 1832 and
came to Canada when but a child. She survives
her husband and resides at 490 .Jarvis street, To
Mr. and Mrs. Crocker were born these childrcn:
Mrs. C. E. Kyle, of Toronto; William, well
lmown in fimmcial circles in Toronto: and .J Oh11,
deceased.
JOHN SMITH, reeve of East Gwillimbury, is
also a leading agriculturist of the 4th Conces-
sion, J.Jot 22, and was born in that concession,
on Lot 27, Sept. 13, 1851, son of John and Isa-
bella (Fenton) Smith.
John Smith, Sr.. was born in Yorkshire. Eng-
land, and came to Canada in 1828. After mar-
riage he settled in East Gwillimbury, and there
spent the remainder of his life, clearing a farm.
His death occurred in 1865. He was the fath::!r
of eleven children, as follows: Mary, widow of
George Coltman, residing in East Gwillimbury,
had a family of eleven children, of whom ei
ht
are still living. William, Thomas, George. Mil-
ton, Wilmot, Jane, Minnie and Lidy; William
married IvEss Gregg, and has six children, Rev.
William (a Presbyterian minister), :Maggie,
Elizabeth, John, Belle and Fred: Sarah, the wife
of Benjamin Eves. of East Gwillimbury, has six:
children, Isabella, Willia.m, Julia. Sarah, l\1iunie
md Walter: .Tulia is the wife of John Hicks, of
Bay City, Michigan: Thomas married .Miss
Sophie Drury, and settled in Toronto, Where he
died in lR90, leaving two children, Everett and
Fred; Elizabeth, widow of Robert KelIitlgtol1,
of Gwillimbury. has three children. Isabel, .T,)hn
IInd :\fary: l\Iargaret, wife of George Smith, of
Whitchurch. has a family of six children:
George married l\1iss Annie Boag, and first set-
tled in Gwillimbury. later removing to Toronto,
wn
re hI' died in .Tune, 1905. leaving children
---Julia, V.-Ïifred, Maud, 'Vatter. Alice
Flo...
"ncf' and EJ'Jlef.t: Annie. the wife of ,Tames Boag',
lives in East Gwillimbury, and has a family of
h'o. Ralph and Roy: Isabella, the wife of John
Graham, resides on the American side of Sault
Ste. l\Tarie, wherp Mr. Graham is an en!!ineer:
.Tohn is the subject proper of this sketch.
John Smith received a district school educa-
tion, and, his father having died when he was
youn
, he was obliged at an early age to begin
to help care for the younger members of the
family. In 1R75 he married Miss Mary A.
CO)IßlE1\IORA TIVE BIOaR
\PHICAL RECORD
Johnston, who was born in East Gwillimbury
in April, 1856, daughter of John and Mary
(Woods) Johnston. They first settled on the
honw where his father died, his mother li,'in
with them for e!e,'en :rears. In 1888 1\11'. Smith
purcha<;ed the John Fletcher estate. his present
farm home, where he has erected new buildings
and made many improvements. He also pur-
chased a farm on the 4th Concession, where his
eldest son, Albert J., resides, and owns fifty
acres in another part of the township. Mr. and
1\1rs. Rmith have seven children: A]bert J., born
in lS76, married 1\liss Louie Lundy, daughter
of Joseph Lund
T, of County York, and has four
('hi]dl'en, .:\filfred. Mi]dred G., Roy G. and Ross
.A.; Elmer E.. born in 1878, is bookKeeper for
a large lumber firm in 1\1uskoka, Ont.; Norman
A., born in 1880, lives at the old homestead;
Ethe] E., born in 1883, married Jan..es Crann,
a resident of Newmarket, and has one son,
Ethan .T.: Li]y 1\1., born in 1885, lives at borne;
Frank 'Y., born in 1889, is a shldent at the
Xewmarket high school; and Gertrude, born in
1891. is a student in the home school.
1\11'. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Chris-
tian Chur('h. In political faith 1\fr. Smith has
always been identified with the Reform party,
and he was elected in 190n a member of the
eounci], to which he was re-e]ected five times
in succession. At the present time he is filling
the position of Reeve of East Gwillimbury, hav-
ing been e]eeted to that office in 1906. He has
also been a memþer of the school board fOl' a
number of years. Fraternally he is connecterl
with the Order of Forestp!,s at Newmarket.
111'. Smith is self-made. Early in life h,
started out to make his own way in the world,
and he has hppn wrv successful. He is a kind
]y, Christian man, one who can trust and be
trusted.
EDWIX I3L::\"CE \YRInHT, editor and part
Iwoprietor of tlIP l'Ol'Outo JUllction Tribulle. ,m
influpntial news sheet of this section of Ùn-
tario. was born at Collingwood, Ont.. Sept.
),
1879, son of Charles \Yright, of the .Junction,
whose sketch appears elspwhere.
Edwin B. Wright securp(l his preliminary
pducation in the schools of Collin
wood nnrl
Toronto Junction, and in IS!)5 he entered the
offi('e of the Tribune as an employee, :\fr. A. B.
Rice being 1hpn the owner and erlitor. Here hc
remained for two years. tlwn becomin
assist:mt
editor of the Lrader lllld Recordrr, of Toronto
.Tunction. for two p'<lrs. The next yrar was
spent at the office of the Telegram. and afte'
a
few months in Manitoba, Mr. Wright returned to
'roronto .Tunetion to take charge of the Junction
pdition of th(' Tiuu's "lid Guide ()f 1Vf'stol/. a 1'0-
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sition in which he continued for eight months.
In February, 1904, learning that the Tribune
was for sale, he intervie\\ ed 1\11'. A. 13. Rice and
purchased the plant. The paper is a Liberal
sheet, founded in 1882 by Dr. J. T. Gilmour,
the present warden of the Central Prison, To-
ronto, who sold it to
T. T. Jackson, Ur. A. B.
Rice of His Majesty's Customs purchasing it
from the latter, and in turn selling it to )lr.
Wright. ..An uncle of 1\11'. Wright's, :VIr. J.
Thackray Bunce, was part owner and. editor of
the Birmingham Daily and Weekly Post for
forty years, up to the time of his death in 1899.
He was formerly an employee of the paper.
While 1\11'. Edwin 13. Wright publishes the pio-
neer newspaper of the Junction. one of his
brothers, J. G. 'V right, owns the drug store first
here, and another, C. F., the pioneer news
agency. They are all up-to-date, hustling busi-
ness men, and leaders in their various lines in
the Junction. Mr. \\
right is an enthusiastic
lacrosse man, and held for several years the po-
sitions of manager and vice-president I)f the
Toronto Junction "Shamrocks," a leading Ca.'1-
adian team, and is athletic correspondent to a
number of the Toronto publications. as well as
being suburban correspondent of the Toronto
]læil and Empire. In political belief he is a Re-
former, and for some time he has been secretary
of the .Junction Liberal Cluh.
On June 6. 1904, Mr. .Wright married 1liss
1\Iar,v Downey, of St. Catharine'S, Ont., and to
this union was horn one daughter, .Tean.
SAI\IrEL l\lc
\LLISTER, a well-known edu-
cator of Toronto. was born in Portaferry, Coun-
ty Down, Ire]and, in 1834, son of George amI
)lary .\nne .:\TcAlIister, also natives of Ireland,
and grandson of George McAllister, who was
horn in Scotland. Four members of the family
of ne(lrg'e and Mary Anne McAllister came to
Canada and the United States, namely: ""il-
liam, a retired business man of Philadelphi
l.
P!'llll"yh'ania; Alexander, for many years a well-
known husiness man of \Yinnipcg, where he died
in l!)O:>; Mrs. Flanigan, of Philadelphia. who
dipd in 1906; and Samuel.
Smnuel 1\f('.\ lIister wa.,> educaterl in his native
place and at Liverpool, to which city his par-
ents had removed from Ireland. On completing
his literary training Mr. McAllister in 185-1 be-
gan his life work in an evening school in Liver-
pool. Tn 18.:;7 he came to Canada !lnd settle.}
in Toronto, for one year working as a clerk in a
mercantile house on King street west. ('on-
ducted by l\1r. Henry Graham. In 1838 he be-
pame a teacher in Bartlett's Academy, ()n Queen
street west. and in the fall of 1859 entererl puh-
lie school work. in which he was rngaged to the
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COl\fl\IEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
enrl of 1906, having been a teacher-during his
more than forty-sevcn years of service-under
the chairman of every school boaI'll of Toronto
except Dr. Workman, the first chairman of the
first school board of the city. In 1877. when
the RYE'rson school was opened, Mr. McAllister
was made principal thereof, a position hp ably
fillE'd till his rE'tiremE'nt. in December, 1906,
being then the senior educator of the city.
In 1861l\fr. McAIJister was married to :Marion
Emery. who was bOl'n in London, England, in
184
, daughter of George and Sophia Emma
Emery, who came with their famil" to Toronto
in 1835. To this union have hee
born four
children: GE'orge Dumerque, of Toronto, who
is married to Adeline V. Lewis, and ha<; tìve
I'hildren, l\Iary Doris, Samuel LE'wis, George
William Kattress, Emma ,Jean Dover and Helen
Isobel; Alexander Laughton, a I'ivil engineer of
l'\ew York: .Tohn Ed
ar. a. civil engineE'l', man-
ager of the works of the British Columbia Cop-
per Company, at Greenwood, B.C., who marriNl
Isobel Gray, and has two children, Donald G.
and Ramuel: and Emma Hardy, wife of David
Evans, of Chicago, who has two children, Ches-
ley :McAllister and :\Iary Elizabeth. Mr. and
Mrs. 1\1(' Allister are memhers of the (,hur('h of
England. Frat
rna]]y he is connectE'd with the
A.O.F.W.
DR.. B. F. PEARSON, one of County York's
prominent physicians and surgeons, has chùsen
for his fiel<l of practice the village of Queens-
viHe, East Gwillilllbury. Dr. Pearson was born
on Lot 86, King township, Aug.
2, 1839, son
of Nathaniel and l\Iartha (\V atson) Pearson.
Benjamin Pearson, grandfather of the Doc-
tor, was born in Pennsylvania of Englbh par-
entage, as wa<; also his wife, Susannah Pentz.
'rhey came to Canada in 1797, 'and settled on
Lot 86, King township, on wild land. In those
days Y onge street was only a blazed tra il lead-
ing into Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson made
this farm their permanent homE', and there
reared their three sons anù three daughters:
Charlotte, who married Eli Hollingsheact; Nan-
cy, who married Thomas Cosford; Mary, who
married Peter Rush, of Concession 3, King
township j Peter, who married and settled on
Lot 90, Whitchurch township; Benjamin, who
married and settled on Lot 81, Concession 2
King township, and who also engaged in teach
ing j and Nathaniel.
Kathaniel Pearson was born on Y onge street.
King township. in December. 1803, and settled
on his father's old home after his marriage.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits the greater
part of his life, and for a few years prior to his
death in 1882, he made his home with his son
the Doctor, and there his death occurred. Na-
thaniel Pearson was a magistrate, and also
served as assessor of King township for a num-
ber of years. He married Martha \Vatson, who
was born in Pennsylvania in 1802, daughter of
William Watson, who moved from Pennsyl-
vania to Aurora, \Vhitchurch township, and
there passed the remainder of his da
rs. Both
the Watsons and Pearsons had been followers
of Wil1iam Penn, settling in LuzernE' county,
Pennsylvania. Nathaniel Pearson and his wife
always attended the Old Friends' Meeting. She
died in 1869, the mother of children as follows:
(1) 'rhomas settled on Ùle old homestead,
where he engaged in farming until his death in
1866. Hc married a Miss Phelps, of Holland
Landing, and left two sons. Thomas and Elijah,
residents of the Western States. (2) Hiram
lived for some ycars in the old home in King
township, and then removed to Osceola, Iowa,
where he now lives retired. He married a
Miss Ashton, of ",Vhitchurch, and has four
daughters, all of whom are married and spttled
in Iowa. (3) Elizabeth "'V., deceased, marrierl
Rev. ,Tames Caswell, and settled at London.
where both died: they left two sons. Nathaniel
F., living in Montreal; and T. Edward, of the
Methodist Book Room, Toronto. (4) William,
who was a miller, died young. (5) Charles
was killed during the building of Y onge street,
when he was fourteen years of age. (6) Su-
sannah married Rev. Samuel B. Gundy, a min-
ister of the Methodist Church, who settled in
Toronto, where he died, and where his widow
and family still reside. Their children were:
William P., Free1. and Samuel n., aU in busi-
ness in Toronto j Harry \V., teacher of classics
in Toronto Collegiate Institute; Susanna, widow
of T. C. ::\lilligan. a barrister of Toronto; Eliza-
beth. wife of J. H. Denton. a barrister of To-
ronto; and Pattie. widow of Fred. \V. Rcott, of
Toronto. (7) Dr. R. F. is mentioned below.
(8) Jennie died at Sharon in young woman-
hood.
Dr. B. F. Pearson received his early educa-
tional training in the district schools of King
township. and in the grammar school of New-
market. For some four ycars he taught schools
in County 'Vaterloo. and in 1863 entered Dr.
Nelles' office in London, remaining one year.
He then entered the medical department of
Victoria rniversity, and in 1R6ï g-raduated
from the mcdical department of Toronto rni-
versity. He began the practice of his profes-
sion at Queensville, where he has sinee continu-
ed. with the exception of nine years spent in
Sharon.
Dr. Pearson was married in October. 1871),
to Miss Mary 'Villson, born in 1849, daughter
!-
:
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: .
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f'Oi\HIE:MORA TIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
of William II. Willson and Sarah Harrison,
who came from New York State among the
early settlers. In 1879 Dr. Pearson purchased
real estate in Queensville, and erected a fine
brick home, with e\'ery modern improvement,
and here l\[rs. Pearson died in 1896. Six chil-
dren were born to Dr. and Mrs. Pearson, name-
ly: (1) Ethel Stuart, married John T. Large, of
Boston, Massachusetts, representing George B.
Hurd & Son, New York; they have two chil-
dren, Pearson and Gladys. (2) Evelyn married
Theodore G. Empie, E. E., of Wilmington,
North Carolina. (3) Marjorie married Thomas
P. Stewart, of Toronto. (4) Frederick N. spent
four years in South Africa and is now in the
service of the Canadian Pacific Railway. (5)
Frank \V. has been for some time engaged as a
resident engineer on the Trans-Continental
road. (6) Blanche is a graduate of Kewmar-
ket high school.
In politics Dr. Pearson is a Reformer, and has
for fifteen years been a member of the school
board of East Gwillimbury. He is a member
of the Masonic Lodge at Sharon. being secre-
tary thereof; and of the United Workmen of
Queensville.
I
JA
IES WILLL\l\1 1\IC)IICHAEL, now liv-
ing retired at :\0. 160 Borden street, Toronto,
is a member of a family long identified with
Western Ontario, and a resident of thc Queen
City for many years.
The 1\[(':\Tichael family is of Scotch extl'ac-
tion, and was foundt'd in Canada by Geor
e
1\'fc1\lichael, thp grandfather of our subject. He
was born in Glasgow, and when a yonng man
came to Canada, settling' in County Norfolk,
where he had a government grant of 640 acres
of land. Shortly after locating- on this land l\1r-.
1\Ic"
1ichael returned to Scotland, from which
pOlmtry he went to Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and
there married a 1'Iiss Del\Iott. During his resi-
dence in Pennsylvania ten children were born
t.o him and his wife. Returning to Canada hQ
settled in the bush, his nearest neighhors being
eighteen miles distant. Thc journey from
Penm:yh'ania to Ontario was made with two
yoke of oxen. The couple also owned six cows,
which were milked. and thp milk placed in a
churn, the latter being' put into the wagon, the
joltings of whirh churned th<, cream into but-
ter. 1\11'. 1\Jc"
Ii('hael was obliged to go eighteen
miles to miU, rarrying the rorn on his back.
SUbs<'fJIH'nt1y the top of an oak stump wus
ground out, and thc rorn was ground (really
pounded) in this. '''hen they reached Hamilton
there was but one building th<,r<,. that being a
lOt:( tavern. Aftpr locating on the bush farm
mentioned above they proceeded to hew a homl'
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out of the forest, but Mr. l\IclVlichael soon died,
and his widow was left alone to rear her fam-
ily of chÜdren. They were: Mary, George,
Richard, James, .Tohn, Jacob and Daniel
(twins), \Villiam, Isaac and Aaron.
Of the foregoing family, Richard McMichael
was the father of our subject. He was born in
1807, and he died in 'Vaterford, Oct. 1\ 1F8
1.
He was a farmer of Norfolk County for many
years, cultivating the old home farm settled by
his father, and was a man prominent in town-
ship affairs, being a member of t11e township
and county councils and reeve of the township
of Townsend. He was a Reformer in politics,
and he and his wife were ardent members of
the Baptist Church, which they attended regu-
larly. Richard l\[c1\[ichael married Mahala Per-
ney, who wns born in 1811, and who died April
10, 189:3. Their children were: Letitia, deceas-
ed, married 'Varner Nellis, and left three chil-
dren, Richard, 1\Iary and Lena; Charity is the
widow of Stephen Fairchild, and has children.
l\Ielvin, Anna, May, Harry, and Charlie; James
W.; Jonathan lives at Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Alexander makes his home at Waterford; Cal-
vin is decea"ed; Elizabeth is the wife of Alex-
ander 1\IcKirlie; .Josephine, deceased, married
Robert Lutes; and Orpha died unmarried.
.James V,T. l\lc)Iichael was born in Norfolk
County, ,July 4, 18:34. and there grew to man-
hood and receiverl his education. He married
Iiss l\latilda Barber. who was born in Norfolk
County in 18:36. daughter of ì\Io"es and Nancy
Barber, and after their marriage Mr. and Mrs.
:\Icl\'Tichael settled on a farm in Norfolk County,
which 1\11'. 1\Tr1\Iic>hael conducted for many year
.
He also sold organs and pianos find taught
mnsic, and in 1872 located in Toronto, where for
some time he was engaged in huilding and in
!;p]]jng property, also conducting a real estate of-
fice, hut he is now retired from active business.
l\Tr. and l\Irs. l\Icl\'Iirhael have no children. They
are member" of the Presbyterian Church, which
they attend reg'ularly and support liherally. In
political matters 1\[1'. McMichael is connected
with the Reform party. Fraterna]]y he is iden-
tifì<,d with the Masons.
1lfOSES B:\RBER, for many years a farmer
of Norfolk County, Ont., and a Christian work-
er whose usefulness extended over a long period,
is still held in loving memory in the locality
where most of his liff> was spent. He was a
native of the State of New Jersey, born Dec.
29, 1789, at School
y's Mountain, in 1\lorri
county, and was a son of Samuel Barber. The
father was horn .Jan. 29, 175iJ. and brought his
family to Canada in the year 1800. They set-
tled on a farm near the village of ''IT aterford,
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and Samuel Barber purchased the \Vaterford
MilL'S. He hall been a mer('hant in his old home
in Xe\\" Jersey, whither he returned to settle up
his account, and having finished his business he
started back to Canada. He was last seen near
. Xiag-ara, and nothing was ever afterward heard
of him. Travelling in those days was attended
"ith danger as well as hardship, and travellers
known to have money in their possession were
IW\'er safe on the road. As 1\11'. Barber must
ha\'e had considerable, it is supposed that he
was murdered and robbed. In consequence of
his untimely death the family, a large one, were
obliged to give up the mill, and they had to
battle unaided against privation amid unfa-
.niliar scenes. Samuel Barber married Aba-
gail Cosad, who was born J ul
' J 1, 1758, and to
them were born Ì\wlve childl'en, as follows:
Elizabeth, Feb. 8. 1778; :Mathias, Dec. 14, 1779:
.Tohn. April 19, 1781; Daniel, Dec. 2, 1782;
.Jane, Sept. :!7, 1iM: UaQ', Jan. 16, 1786;
Aaron, Dec. 9, 1787; l\Ioses, Dec. 29, 1789;
)Iiriam, April 8. 1792; Elisha, May 11, 179J:
amuel, l\1ay 26,1796: .Jacob, July 2,1797.
Moses Barber was a boy when the famil \'
moved to Canada. On July 7, 1811. he married
Kan('v Xelles, who was born 1\1ay 18, 1792, in
the
illage of York, and died Feb. 27, 1873,
aged eighty years, nine months, nine days. They
raised a large family, six of whom, three sons
and three daughters, survived them. 1\11'. Bar-
ber passed away March 27, 1881, at the age of
ninety-one years, two months, twenty-nine days,
at the residence of one of his sons, in Townsend
Centre, and he w&;; laid to rest in the burying
g-rouml nt Boston, Ont., on March 29th.
:\11'. Rarher was long notf'd for his interest
in religious enterprises. He was liheral in his
views, but rigid in his own conduct, and he sup-
ported Christian institutions of all kinds. B('-
fore there were missionary and Bible societies in
Canada he aided those in the United States,
having been hrought to a saving knowledge of
Christ in the summer of 18()6, through the in-
strumentalitv of missionaries from thr Shaftes-
hury Assoei
tion of the Stab' of New York. On
Oct: 21, 1R06, he was baptized hy the Rev. David
Irish and received into the fellowship of the
Boston Church, in \\hich he held memhership
until his death. HI' was both active and eifi-
f'ient in the work of that church. "Like a soli-
tary trep when all the forest has gone he stood
alonr, a reminder of a gem'ration gone from
earth. On the farms around him he has seen
his fe)]o\\,s successive1y hold posscssion an,l
pass away, till those who now possess the soil
al'e only connrcted with thp past by a few such
links as these. In the church hc could go back be-
yowl any living, and tell us that the tria]" nnd
triumphs of the past should encourage us to
meet with courage present difficulties, and ulti-
mately share in the final victory. While he
lived, the church, though old for the country,
might justly claim to still maintain her youth,
for our brother was admitted a member in the
second year of her existence. Now he has de-
parted, she flies back into the past by many gen-
eratio:!1s, and at once becomes venerable with
age."
1\1rs. l\fary Johnston, who died Sept. 8, 1859,
at Boston, Ont., in the eighty-eighth year of h('r
age, had a remarkable experience as a prisoner
among the Indians in her earl v life an account
of which was puhlished at the time
f her death.
"Mary Sitts was born of pious parents, at
Fort Plain, New York, in :May, 1772. At the age
of seven years she was captured by a band of
hostile Indians, taken from her home and
friends, and by them brought to the forests of
Canada, bordering upon the Grand river, her
fripnds, at the time of her capture, barely escap-
ing with their lives. She was held by them a
number of years, during which time ;,me fre-
quently came near stan'ing to death. On one
occasion they threatened to kill hrr, and inflict-
ed a deep gash in her head, the pains and marks
of which foJIo.n'ed her to the gTave. After years
of suffering and privation, never expecting to
see home or friends again, she was at length
,'eseued from captivity by Captain Nelles, then
li\'in!l near the Grand river, where she once
more found a home and friends. In 1795 she
wa" married to George Cunningham, and settled
at Boston. then a dense forest. Her husband
,vas accidentally killed while niding a neighbor
in raising a building, and Mary was left to
.,rrng!..de alone with six small children to sup-
J!n)'t. But bein!:! a woman of strong eonstitu-
lion, untÜ'ing' industry, and indomitable will,
aided with thp hlessing- of li-od. she surmounted
all ohstaeles. and saw her l'hildren grow to ma,n-
hnod llOnored and respected. Her SOn Henry
,,'as, for many years, a useful and ze1110us mini-
stpr nf thp gosprl in thrse parts. Her son 'Vil-
limn \\'as nn efficient and pious deacon. B(\th
hnw gOlle to rest. Two of her remaining sons
still holel the same office in the church of her
('hoicof'. It was in her widowhood, in November,
1809. shr songht the IJord with all her heart,
nnd lIe drlivered her from all her fears-she
sOl1!.!ht nnd foullIl a place among the little band
of Christ '8 followers in this place, and was bap-
tized into the fellowship of the dmrch by Elder
Fairc,hild.
llf' maintained a Chri"tian walk,
and k('pt IH'r placp with God's people till called
to join the f'hurch ahove. IIer home Was long
the home of nod's people, for there they met
to worship Him ere a sanctuary wa.c:; built for his
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praise. Being a person of remarkable sympathy
.\Dd kindness, she spent much time in visiting
the sick and dying. and was not un frequently
instrumental in restoring them to hea]th again.
During that dark day when our shores were in-
vaded and plundered by a foreign foe she
cheered the hearts of both officers and men b
y
providing for their bodily wants. She was even
per.mitted to revisit the home of her childhood-
not more to the astonislunent of her friends than
as though one had arisen from the grave to be
their guest and child. TIll' meeting was touch-
ing indeed. and the kind providence of Gvd
al'knowledged both in her deliveranre and pres-
ervation. She married her second hushand,
.John .John!'òton, about the year 1810. He \HIS
a humhle, pious Christian, by whom she had
one son, \,ho has long been an honored office-
bearer among his brethren. In Christian re-
lationship, what a striking contrast hetween the
little captive maid of se\'en years and the agoecl
'mother in 1<;rae1.' surrounded with more than
a hundred relatives-even down to the fifth
generation-all respectable and mostly wealth
'
members of society; and. better than this, th
most of them trying to walk in the fear of nod
and in the comfort of the Holy <1host. Þ\nd
"hat a striking illustration of the words of
the Psalmist: 'I have been young, but now I am
old; yet ha\re I not seen the rightrous forsaken.
nor his seed hegging bread. . ' A crowd
followed her remains to the grave. All felt that
they had lost a friend: and of her. as of Mary
of
ld. it shall be said,
he hath done what sh0
could. "
rrs. .J ohnston was a member of the Boston
Baptist Church, referred to several times in
the preceding article.
,TOH)I E. HUGHES, town clerk of New-
market, County York, was born in 'l'ecumseth.
County Simcoe, Oct. 20, 1836, a son of Elwood
amI Sarah (Bogart) Hughes, members of pio-
neer families of County York. The parents of
1\11'. Hughes were both born in Count
T York, the
father in 1820 and the mother in 1821. Elwood
ITughC's was a son of Ellis and l\Iary Hughrs.
both of whom were born in 1782, at Cape May,
New.Jersey. Ellis Hughes came to Canada with
his parents in 1819. after residing in Penns,vl-
'Vania for some years.
On the maternal side the grandparents were
.John and Catlwrinc (Wilson) Bogart. the for.
mer of whom was 'born in 1789 and the latter
in 1790. In 1800 they came to County York and
settlrd in Whitrhurch township, near the present
town of N"ewmarket, on Crown lands, where
th('y lived out their days, becoming identified
with the progress and development of this sec-
tion. After many years of hard work John
TIOgal't retirerl. and he died in old age at New-
market, respected by all who knew him.
Ellis Hughes, the paternal grandfather, emi-
grated to Canada with his family and household
goods in a great covered wagon. By trade he
\\ as a hatmaker, but he doubtless found in th"
new home that he could work at his trade as a side
issue and meantime acquire a large lauded prop-
erty by turning his attention to agriculture. He
purchased land in King township and made
there a permanent llOme, on which he died in
]
m. His wife died in 1877. They were the
parents of twelve ('hildren who lived to reach
maturity, namely: Spth. born in Pennsylvania.
died in )Iiehigan. Whilden, born in Pennsyl-
rania. was reared in Canada; hc married and
moved to .Janesville, 'Visconsin., where he be-
came a prosperous stock farmer and died. leav-
ing a wife and family. James P., born in Can-
ada, married and settled as a sl1ddler at New-
market, then studied denti!;try and removed to
Bloomfield, Iowa. whew' he practÏeed until his
<h'ath in 1904; he left two children, Dr. Ern-
t'st, of DC's )Ioines, and Ada, who is the wife of
.J. F. .Tolmston. of Bloomfield, Iowa. William
C. was born and married in County York,
where he engaged in busine!;S for some years,
but later removed to Toronto, where he lived
retired until his death, in 1904. Charles W.,
horn in County York, married and settled on
the old homestead until 1874. whC'n he moved
to Niles. Michigan; there he followed farming
until his death, in 1885; he left a wife and
family, and two of his granddaughters were vic-
tims of the hoquois theatre fire in Chicago--the
children of Dr. Oakey. of that city, who also
perished. Georg'e IJ.. a saddler by trade. !;et-
tlrd in King township, where he died in 1902,
leaving one daughter. Etha is unmarried. Su-
sannah. horn in Pennsylvania in 1814, was the
wife of Samuel Kilhun, and settled at Lansing.
)Iiehi!!an. where she died. leaving four children,
one of whom. Samuel. is a very prominent law-
yer there. Jane. horn in 1817. was the wife
of Rohert T rwin. of \ ul'ora. ,,'here he was a
flour miller. Elwood, horn in 18
O, is mentioned
helow. Melissa. horn in 18
S, died at Rloom-
fipld, Iowa.' Harriet, horn in 1833, died at
nIoomfield. in 1884.
Elwood Hughes, father of John E.. was the
third son and sixth mf'mher of the above fam-
ily. He left home when qnite
rOlmg and en-
tered the emplo
' of the late Charles Doan. of
Aurora, who was then engaged in a mercantil
husiness at Sharon. T.Jater he had char
e of
a store at Mono Mills for James Smith, and for
some time officiat<,d as d<,puty sheriff for Coun-
ty Rimcor, under Sheriff "Talker Smith. After
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his marriage he opened a store at Penville, from
which place he removed to Newmarket in the
spring of 1853, and there conducted a general
store on Prospect avenue. In 1860 1\11'. Hughe.;;
moved down to l\lain street, occupying the build-
ing next door south of Broughton's drug store.
Four years later he sold out. and he lived re-
tired thereafter until his death, Nov. 28, 1895,
at his town residence. He was a man of sterl-
ing integrity and of quiet disposition, and was
respected by everybody. For over forty years
he was a useful and worthy member of the
Methodist Church and for ;rears was a devoted
class-leader. His standing was so good in his
religious connection that he was chosen for re-
sponsible office. He was a member of the board
of trustees during the building of the present
edifice and the other members of the board testi-
fied to their appreciation of his help when they
reverently laid a beautiful wreath on his coffin.
For a period of seventeen years he was pew
steward. was financial secretary for a long
time, for the Quarterly board, and at all times
was liberal, charitable and just. No less was
he valued in public life. For eighteen con-
secutive years he was town collector, and he
held other offices of trust. and his fellow offi-
cials, meeting in sorrow after his death. frameù
resolutions of esteem, l'pspect and ('onfiden{'e.
In 1851 Mr. Hughes married Miss Sarah
Bogart, daughter of J ohll Bogart, Esq., of
\Yhitehm'('h township. She still survives, re-
siding with their only child, .John E. Hughes,
in the comfortable family home in Newmarket.
Her health is not of th
best.
Juhn E. lIughes attended tht" town schools,
his education including a high school course.
lIe very early began to. make himself useful in
his fnther's store. hut when he entered upon ;l,
regulnr business pareer he enga!rcd with thf'
Harrison & Davidson Company, general merch-
ants, with whom he continued several years. He
then engaged with Danford, Roach & Co., and
rpmained with that firm for ten years. In 1902
Mr. Hughes engaged at office work with the firm
of 'Villiam Cane & Sons, manufacturers of
woodenware, and remained with them until
1904, when hI' was appointed clerk of Newmar-
ket, in which position he is still serving with
ability. In 1897 he was elected a member of the
council of Newmarket and filled the duties of
that office until his appointment as clerk. and
he also acts as town treasurer. He is one of
Newmarket's most popular as wen as enterpris-
ing citizens and is a worthy representative of
the two honorable old families from which he
came.
rr. Hng'hes belongs to the
lasonic fraternity,
being a member of Tuscan Lodge, No. 99. and
Doric Chapter, No. 60, at Newmarket, a
Knight Templar and a Shriner. He belongs also
to the I.O.O.F-Pyramid Lodge, No. 156; New-
market Encampment, No. 32; and Newmarket
Canton, No.3, Uniform Rank.
.JOHN JA:\IES :MAGEE, B.A.. well known
as an educator of Ontario for many years, died
at Xapanee, April 4, 1891. He was born in
County Cavan, Ireland. in 1844, son of James
and l\Iary (Kellett) l\!agee, also natives of Ire-
land, who were the founders of this family in
Canada, coming hither in the lattf'r part of 1844.
and settling in Bradford. :Mr. Magee was en-
gaged in farming there, and there he and his
wife died in the faith of the Presbyterian
Church. Their children were: Charles. de-
ceased; Thomas, of Toronto; and John James.
John James l\Iagee was less than one year
old when his parents came to Canada, and in
Bradford 11(' received his early literary train-
ing. Later he graduated with the gold medal
from the Barrie grammar school, and after com-
pletin!! his studies he began teaching, first in
the B;'adford high school, and later at New-
hurp-h, where he remained until 1869. In that
Veal' he removed to Toronto in order to oomplete
iÜs studies, and entered the TTniversity of To-
ronto, from whir-h he was graduated. with hon-
ors in mathemati('s. in 1871, with the degree of
B.A. Mr. Magee then went to Napanee, where
he taught for a number of years, and later re-
moved - to r"bridge and thence to Port Hope.
.\t dIP latter place his health failed and he went
back to Toronto, where he remained hut a short
time. however, returning to Napanee, where he
continued until his death.
In lR8
Mr. :Magee married I\1iss Mary Caton.
hurn in Hngerford, Ont., a. descendant of a
United Empire Loyalist. William Caton. who
fonnded the family in ('anada, coming hither
from the States at the time of the Ameri('an
Revolution and settl
ng at Kingston. where hfJ
died. Here his son, Archibald Caton. was
born, he being the first white child born in
Kingston. He was the grandfather of :Mrs. 'Ma.
gee. _\rchibald Caton and his wife, Mary Mc-
Kim, had the following children: William. Mile"
and Allan. Of this family William Caton. the
father of -;\Irs. Magee, was born at Napanee in
1811. and was there engaged in farming all of
his life. 1\11'. Caton was a prominent man in
municipal matters in his township and county
for a number of years. serving as reeve and
cOlIDcillor for a long period. He married :\Iiss
Phoebe Denison, anrl their children were:
Nathan, of Napanee; :\Iaria. wife of Rev. W. .J.
Young'; IJydia. wife of .James Bowerman; Hes-
ter, wife of .J ames Weeks; and :Mrs. Magee.
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IiI
[r. and .i\Irs. Magee were the parent'> of two
daughters: Kellett, of Toronto; and Phoebe :\la-
gee, B._'L, University of Toronto. 1905. In re-
ligious matters 1\11'. :Magee was a Presbyterian.
In politics he was in sympathy with the Reform
party.
ALEXAXDER McCLEI,T..AXD (deceased).
Among the names of the pioneer teachers of To-
ronto may be mentiom'd that of the late Alex-
ander J\lcClelland, '" ho was born in 1819, in
County Tyrone, Ireland. son of Thomas and Jane
DIp IÜ>o!!n) 1IcClelland. natives of the Emerald
Isle. in which country they died.
Alexander l\IcClelland was educated for the
ministry, but on locating in Toronto, in 18-14,
enga!!eJ in teaching. which calling he pursued
for a number of years, during which time he
invested and became largely interested in real
estate in Toronto. After giving up teachin.g' :\11'.
)IcCiel1and ser,'ed the city of Toromo as city
assessor for some time, and after his term of ser-
vice was over he retired from active life to look
after his own interests. lIe was a leading memo
bel' of the Presbyterian Chlli'ch. In politics he
was a Conservative. His death occurred in
1886, in Toronto, where his entire active life
had been spent, and where he had made warm
and lasting friends.
1\[1'. :\IcCleliand and
Iiss Elizabeth :\IcClel-
land '\ere united in marriage in Toronto. 111'8.
l\IcClelland was born in County Tyrone. Ire-
land, in 1818, and came to Toronto in 1849. She
was well educated in her native land, an,} on
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