Biographical Sketch of James McKibbon
James McKibbin, a resident of Upper Canada, now Ontario, since 1830, and Clerk of the Division Court and Crown Land Agent since 1863, was born in Belfast, Ireland, July 4th, 1808. His father Hugh McKibbin, was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy; the maiden name of his mother was Sarah Bailey. Our subject was educated in the Belfast Academic Institution; was for some years in a cotton printing establishment owned by himself and older brother, John Thomas McKibbin, until 1830, when he emigrated to Canada, and located at first in the township of Hope, county of Durham. After farming there … Read more