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Three hundred and three are on the west side of
the river, and 465 on the east side.
In the year 1848, there was bought and sold 3,086
gallons of alcohol, costing £480 95.; 3,924 gallons
of malt liquor and cider, costing £145 10s.; 6,336
Ibs. of tobacco, costing £224 155.; 17,676 lbs. of
sugar, costing £482 ; 660 Ibs. of molasses, costing
464 135. 4d.; 7,395 lbs. of tea, costing £773 175. 6d
The following is a summary of the assessment
for the year 1877 :—
Number of persons assessed, 696.
Number of acres assessed, 1,556.
Number of acres cleared, 1,556.
Value of real property, $701,650.
Value of taxable income, $5,750.
Value of personal property, $20,900.
Amount of real and personal property, $722,550.
Taxes imposed by Municipality, $6,783.
Taxes imposed by Counties, $600.
Expenditure for roads and bridges, $916.
Expenditure for schools, $2,949.
R. P. COLTON,
The subject of this sketch was born in Oswego
County, in 1808. He first served his apprenticeship
at the woolen business, removing to Canada in 1830,
and settled at Gananoque, commencing the manu¬
facture of hand rakes (the first rakes made by
machinery in Canada. In the following year, forks
were added to the business. In 1836,*a small
foundry was established for making ploughs, about
In 1&41, the
premises, including all the books, were destroyed
by fire. In 1842, Mr. Colton removed to Brockville,
and in company with Luther Houghton, laid the
foundation of the old Brockville foundry. Mr.
Houghton disposed of his interest to Benjamin
Chaffey ; in a few months Mr. Chaffey failed, and
the entire business devolved upon Mr. Colton. In
October, 1850, a destructive fire broke out, which
destroyed everything connected with the manufac¬
ture of stoves in the foundry, except the patterns
for the “ Brockville Air Tight,” then a new stove.
Mr, Colton by untiring activity rebuilt the moulding
room in four weeks, a building 7oxtoo feet, and in
a few days after the establishment was turning out
thirty " Air Tights” per diem.
1,000 being turned out in a year.
During the succeeding four months, one thousand
five hundred stoves were made and sold. In 1853,
Mr. Colton’s health became impaired, and, in conse¬
quence, he made atrip through France, Italy, Egypt
and Palestine. During the year 1858, he commenced
the manufacture of stoves in the Lower Provinces,
but, the premises being destroyed by fire, he dis¬
posed of the business,
the erection of a residence “ Thornton Cliff,” which,
when completed, was one of the fimest in Canada. In
1863, from a few bad investments and the endorsa¬
tion of notes for other parties, he suffered a loss of
$60,000, which compelled him to make an assign¬
ment ; subsequently all demands were paid in full.
During the American war, Mr. Colton associated
with another person and engaged in the extensive
cultivation of flax in the County of Dundas. In the
preparation of the refuse tow, heavy machinery was
required, and an establishment for that purpose was
opened at Gananoque, which has since been trans¬
formed into a manufactory for agricultural imple¬
ments.
W. BROUGH.
Mr. Brough was born in Scotland in 1816, and in
1840 removed to Canada, where he secured an in¬
terest in the mercantile business of the late Hon.
James Morris, of Brockville. In 1845, he married
Elizabeth, daughter of the late Dr. Thomas Rich¬
mond, of Paisley, Scotland. Mrs. Brough died in
1856. Mr. Brough next married a daughter of the
late A. Ramsay, of Pittsburg, Ont. Removing to
Gananoque in 1847, Mr. Brough purchased Mr.
McDonald s grist and flouring mill, and has carried
on the milling and mercantile business from that
date, doing an extensive business.
JUDGE McDONALD.
Herbert S. McDonald, the Judge of the County
Court of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville,
was born at Gananoque, in February 1842, and was
the youngest son of the Honorable John McDonald,
of that place. After a grammar school education
in Gananoque and a short term of school life at
Kingston, he entered the University of Queen’s
College in the autumn of 1856, and graduated as a
Bachelor of Arts in 1859, and took the degree of
Master of Arts in 186r. In June, 1859, he entered
the law office of Mr. A. N. Richards, now Lieutenant
Governor of British Columbia, and subsequently
completed his studies in Toronto. He was called to
the Upper Canada Bar in May 1863, and in the
summer of the same year formed a law partnership
in Brockville with F. W. H. Chambers, Esq., then
M. P. P. for Brockville.
married a daughter of David Jones, Esq., then
Kegistrar of the County of Leeds. At the general
election in 1871, he was returned as member for
south Leeds in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario,
which position he held until appointed in October
1873, the Junior Judge of the County Court of the
United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. In
December, 1878, he was made Senior Judge of the
Counties, a position which he fills w:th distinguished