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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, removing 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 removed 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 Virginia, where he took part in the battle of Petersburg, under gallant Phil Sheridan. He was among the first of the union troop that entered Richmond, proceeding with the division in pursuit of General Lee and being near at hand when he surrendered 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 experience, 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, Edwardsburg ; 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 ‘ , Pe Be | re 1 ae | Ty i ee egés; oe ae | tee La B Ta : ike oy BR adn sk 5 re: ied
