Canada

Victoria County Soldier Dead

Adam, Charles, Private, Infantry, Lilidsay. Aidous, Thos. Grenville, Private, Infantry, Fenelon Falls. Alldred, Wilbert Phillip, Lance Corporal, Infantry, Bobcaygeon. Alien, J., Battalion Sergt. Major, Infantry, Lindsay. Allin, E. C., Lieutenant, Infantry, Lindsay. Alton, W. R., Private, Infantry, Victoria Road. Arscott, Thos. Albert, Private, Infantry, Bobcaygeon. Akester, Geo. Wilbert, Private, Infantry, Fenelon Falls. Anderson, Wm. Kay, Lieutenant, Infantry, Lindsay. Andrews, Harry Wm., Private, Infantry, Lindsay. Angiers, Patrick Herbert, Private, Infantry, Coboconk. Arnold, Oliver, Private, Infantry, Mariposa Tp. Bailey, Joseph Paget (M.M.) Lieutenant, Infantry, Lindsay. Bailey, W. E., Private, Infantry, Bexley. Barge, Alfred Arthur, Private, Infantry, Mariposa Tp. Barjarow, Tracy, Private, Infantry, … Read more

Municipal Officials, Lindsay, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada

The first town council met in a frame town hall on the northeast corner of Kent Street and Victoria Avenue on July 20, 1857. The civic officials at this beginning of time were as follows: Mayor, Robert Lang Reeve, Foster Cain Councilors, Wm. Thornhill, David Brown, Jeremiah O’Leary, J. Healey, H. G. Clarke, James Walsh, and J. McCarthy Clerk and Treasurer, T. A. Hudspeth Chief of Police, John Douglass The mayors from that time until the present have been as follows: 1857, 1859-61, Robert Lang 1858, James McKibben and William Thornhill 1862-63, 1865, Thomas Keenan 1864, Wm. McDonell 1866-68, A. … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Fell, James N.

The sterling citizen whose every thought is for the community’s good in which he has reared his home and cemen­ted his associations, must always command the respect and esteem of his fellowmen. Of such metal and commanding such respect is he whose name is inscribed above. James N. Fell Is a native of Canada; he came to Malheur county in 1875, and began ranching and stock raising in Jordan valley an occupation in which he is still largely engaged. In 1890 he was elected sheriff of the county on the democratic ticket, and again in 1892, the republicans that year … Read more

Biography of Harry Edmond Parslow

Harry Edmond Parslow, a leading attorney of Clarinda, who has practiced continuously since 1879, is a native of Canada, his birth having occurred in Middlesex county, on the 15th of April, 1855. He is the son of Abraham and Hannah (Mahon) Parslow, the former a farmer by occupation. His youthful days were spent in his parents’ home, during which time he pursued his education in the public schools and also took a preparatory course. For a year and a half he engaged in teaching school and then came to Iowa, arriving in Clarinda on the 3rd of September 1875. To … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Thomas S. Brannan

He was an attorney-at-law in Ida Grove, Iowa, and was a resident of Ida County since 1879. He was born in Keyesville, Clinton County, New York, August 15, 1839, and reared in Canada East until 14 years of age. In July 1861, being in the state for a visit, he enlisted in Co. C., 10th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and re-enlisted in the same company and regiment in January 1864 and served until the close of the war. He was twice slightly wounded. He was a member of the G.A.R., Matthew Gray Post No. 93. He was a Past Commander. In … Read more

Graham Chambers Hunter

GRAHAM CHAMBERS HUNTER: clergyman; b. Toronto, Can. Dec. 5, 1882; s. of William Armstrong and Eliz. (Chambers) Hunter; came to U.S., 1899; A.B., Princeton 1904; B.D., Union Theol. Sem., 1909; A.M., Columbia, 1909; D.D., Occidental Coll., 1925; m. Louise Holden of Newark, N.J., Oct. 19, 1911. Instr. Mills Inst., Honolulu, H.T., 1904-06; ordained Presbyterian minister, 1909; pastor Laramie, Wyo., 1909-11, Ch. of the Covenant, New York, 1914-24, Fullerton, California, 1924-. Mem. 7th Regt. N.G.N.Y., 1911-16; mem. Am. Red Cross, Palestine Unit, 1918-19; Assoc. Sec. Universal Christian Conf. on Life and Work, Stockholm, 1925. Home: Fullerton, Calif.

Stanley Armstrong Hunter

STANLEY ARMSTRONG HUNTER: clergyman; b. Orangeville, Ont., Aug. 23, 1888; s. of Rev. William Armstrong and Eliz. (Chambers) Hunter; student Denver U., 1905-06; A.B., Prince ton, 1910; A.M., Columbia, 1914; grad. Union Theol. Sem., 1916; D.D., Occidental Coll., Los Angeles, 1925; m. Elizabeth, dau. Harold Peirce, of Haverford, Pa., Mar. 21, 1918; children: Stanley Armstrong (dec. ), William Armstrong III, Charlotte (dec.); Professor of English and Philosophy, Ewing Christian Coll. (N. India Presbyn. Mission), Allahabad, India, 1910-12; ass’t. pastor Central Presbyn. Church, New York, 1913, Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1914-15; ordained Presbyn. ministry, 1914, temporary pastor Church of Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N.Y., … Read more