Event Date : February 17, 1899
Event Type : Death

Description : Age: 74 years, 5 months.Born in Mohill, County Letrim, Ireland, and came with his parents to Canada when he was seven.They first settled in Lloydtown, and then Bond Head, where the deceased spend twenty years of his life, first in the hotel business, and then as a merchant.He then settled in Bradford in 1864, and farmed and ran a shop, which his sons now do.Had nine children: six sons - William and John predeceased him, James, Elder, Walter and Briton; and three daughters - Mrs. Rev. Wass, of Brantford, Mrs. J. McL. Stevenson, Esq., of Barrie, and another.Interred at Mount Pleasant.