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Jacob, Samuel, Aaron, Sarah, Chloe, Rachael,
Susannah, Arra and John.
Samuel Rose, Jr., drew land as a U. E. Loyalist
in Montague, his wife also drawing land in the same
first of January 1800, having married Charlotte
McIntyre in 1799. They had twelve children :
Samuel Jr., Charlotte (wife of Isaac Lockwood,
father of Myles and Ambrose Lockwood, South
Crosby), William, John, Hugh, Ezra, Sarah, Jared,
Henry R., Ira 5.
John Rose has resided for sixty-four years on Lot
2sth, Concession “A.” He had ten children by his
first wife and two by his second wife (Margaret),
daughter of James Wood.
JEREMIAH R. CHURCH.
The subject of this sketch is the son of Oliver
Church, who was born in Danbury, Vermont ; came
to Canada in 1805, with iis father, Oliver Church,
Sr., the latter settling in Kitley, near Mud Lake, re¬
moving from there to Wolford and locating on Lot
18, in the rst Concession, where he died in 1841.
When Oliver, Jr., was twenty-one years of age he re¬
moved to Kitley (1818), purchasing the farm of
Henry Humphry. In 1821, he proceeded to Wolford,
settling near his father, dying in 1877, at the age of
eighty-one. He had fourteen children, eight sons
and six daughters.
Jeremiah R. Church was born in 1836 ; in 1857, he
married Lucy Ann, daughter of Truman Kilborn, by
whom he has had four children : Edwin, Ida, Henry
and Richard J. Mr. Church resides on Lot 29 and
30, in Concession “C.” Oliver Church, 5r., anc
Oliver Church, Jr., both served in the war of 1812,
the latter also smelling powder under Col. Burritt,
in 1837-8. Jeremiah appears to have inherited the
warlike spirit, as he joined the United States Army at
Watertown in 186s, proceeding at once to Vir¬
ginia, where he took part in the battle of
Petersburg, under gallant Phil Sheridan. He was
among the first of the union troop that entered Rich¬
mond, proceeding with the division in pursuit of
General Lee and being near at hand when he sur¬
rendered to General Grant. Mr. Church was
honorably mustered out of the service at Sackett’s
Harbor on the 16th of September of the same year.
Since his return to Wolford he has served for two
years as a Councillor and also two years as Deputy
Reeve.
Mrs. Mary E. DAVIS.
Mrs. Davis, relict of the late Thomas Davis, is the
who died in 1876, aged 34 years. The parents of her
late husband came from Bath, England, and settled
in Montague, County of Lanark. Upon the death
of Mr. Davis, Mrs. Davis decided to take charge of
the British Hotel, Easton’s Corners, of which her
husband was proprietor. That she has succeeded in
an admirable manner cannot be doubted by any
person who has ever been entertained at the house,
which bears an excellent reputation throughout
Central Canada. Speaking from personal ex¬
perience, we pronounce the British Hotel one of the
best hostleries to be in found in any small village in
the Province.
M. E. CHURCH, JASPER.
This church is substantially built of brick ; it is
30x46 feet, with a tower 14 feet square. surmounted
byaspire. The charge includes four congregations,
viz., Jasper, Easton’s, Kilmarnock, and Roseville, the
total membership being 190. The Trustees of the
church are Thomas Edmunds, James Edmunds,
Levius Brown, William Cross, and B. Warren, the
pastor (1878) being the Rev. Eli Woodcock.
Mr. Woodcock was born near the Bay of Quinte,
in 1823, entering the ministry in 1853. He is the
son of Peter Woodcock,a U. E. Loyalist, and the
grandson of Nicholas Woodcock, who emigrated
from Black River to Canada about 1785, settling in
the County of Lanark; and dying in 1835, having
reached the ripe age of nearly one hundred years.
Mr. Woodcock has a son, Percy, a young man who
has already distinguished himself as a portrait
painter, and is at the present time pursuing his
art studies in Paris.
William Brown, grandfather of George Brown,
came to Canada about 1790. Settled on Lot No.
24, in the rst Concession.
THE WEIR FAMILY.
John Weir came to Canada about the time of the
Rebellion, emigrating from Dumfrieshire, Scotland,
and, on his arrival, settling in the Township of
Edwardsburg. He had the following children :
Jane, married John Walker, of Prince Edward
married Jane, daughter of John Kennedy, Edwards¬
burg ; and Rachel.
The career of George Weir is one having few
parallels in Canadian history. He acquired a
large fortune by engaging in the construction
of stupendous public works, which he managed
superior to emergencies which taxed to the utmost
was a grandson of Captain Nichols, of Scotland.
She was born in 1843, and in 1870 married Mr. Davis,
possessed the advantages of even a rudimentary
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